Introduction to Public Health

Catalog description

This course is an overview of public health. It will include discussion about how public health is defined, has developed over time, how it is measured within a population through epidemiology, and what it looks like globally. It will also focus on some of the following: health systems, ethics, poverty, maternal and infant health, social behavior, emergency preparedness & response, environmental health, health education & communication, public health occupations, and health law and policy. When Offered: Spring Odd