Introduction to Public Health.

Catalog description

This course introduces undergraduate students to the interdisciplinary and exciting field of public health. Discussing and studying the processes and practices of public health enhances the population health perspective of healthcare and other professionals. Broad topics discussed include: Principles of evidence-based public health and tools for implementation including health communication and informatics, applications of social and behavioral sciences, and health policy, law and ethics; Methods for addressing non-communicable diseases, communicable disease, and environmental diseases and injury; Examination of public health institutions and systems at the local, state, federal, and global levels as well as future issues in public health.