Community Health I

Catalog description

The fundamentals of public health are presented in this course, including health and public health measures for health protection, disease prevention, and health promotion. The surgeon general’s report, 2000, updated in 2019, and the status of oral health in America is presented. WHO assessment of oral health globally is presented. Population-based initiatives to improve oral health are discussed with a focus on public health principles. This course develops through cased-based seminars led by student teams on the public health issues in oral health in the Pacific Northwest, nationally and globally, including access to care, social determinants of oral health, the scope of practice issues, insurance, and payment systems for oral health, access to fluoride, immunizations especially for HPV, and health protection for vulnerable populations such as children and elderly.