Foundations of Public Health

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to public health and health care systems. Topics include the history of public health, critical public health issues, and public health principles, priorities, pioneers, publications, and practices, public health budgeting, and systems thinking. Health services management topics include the history, structure, functions, and management issues of organizations that deliver public and other forms of health care services. Through readings, discussion, research, individual and group work, students in this course will acquire basic knowledge, attitudes and skills that are essential for effective public health practice.