Health Across the Lifespan.

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This course will examine the changes in health and development across the lifespan. Students will study the human developmental stages: prenatal and maternal, infancy, young children, adolescence, adulthood, and geriatric. This course will look at anatomical, physiological, cognitive, and psychosocial differences in each developmental phase of life. This class will examine differences in health factors and risks that affect mortality and morbidity, as well as quality of life and life expectancy. Students will examine each phase from a public health perspective.