Community Health

Catalog description

Graduate Students Only This course is designed to assist students in recognizing and analyzing the interrelationships between individuals, population groups, and communities in determining the health status of each. Students will explore the complex determinants of health and disease, the impact of economic, social, environmental, and cultural concerns on community health status, and community organizations that help shape community health. Course content integrates concepts from behavioral, biological, and natural sciences, with emphasis on epidemiology, to examine the history and foundation of community health. The format of the course is a survey of concepts, analytic frameworks, and social and behavioral sciences strategies that can be applied to current public health issues. Principles from psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other social science disciplines are analyzed in relation to the causes, consequences, and control measures for public health problems.