History of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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The course provides an orientation to the Doctorate of Health Science program, and the application of the scholar practitioner model. Utilizing various methods, students develop an understanding of the history of health promotion and disease prevention by examining biological, psychological, behavioral, and socio- cultural factors that influence and impact the development of healthy communities and populations from a practitioners perspective. A brief history of health, the impact of policy on health, and an overview of the implementation and evaluation of health programs and its relationship to today’s health professionals will be examined.