Health Education and Promotion

Catalog description

This course will empower students to design a population-based policy, program, project, or intervention. Using quantitative and qualitative data collection and data analysis, students will understand program design and evaluation of the results of the program. The science of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention will be used to determine the most appropriate intervention. Application of communication skills for implementation of programs to promote improved health will be necessary. Systems thinking will be addressed along with the application of health education to person-centered healthcare with an interprofessional team approach.