HS 1501Introduction to Public Health

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An introductory course in the study of public health the content of course will focus on basic material related to the five public health foundation: Health Services, Epidemiology, Social/Behavioral, Science, Environmental Health and Biostatistics. Discussion will include the biomedical basis of public health, some historical developments of public health, and the role of health ethics especially in research and future challenges. The course will also present an introduction to the cross-cutting areas of public health including: communication, and informatics, diversity and culture, leadership, public health biology, professionalism, program planning, and systems thinking.