Introduction to Public Health

Catalog description

This course serves as an introduction to the past, present, and future of public health. The course covers multiple issues including analytical methods, biomedical basis of disease, social and behavioral factors, and environmental health. Students examine what those issues are, what determines them, and how they can be addressed. As a survey of the entire field of public health, students explore persistent health disparities, determinants of health, and public health in an era of globalization. CGER SBS-BS Social & Behavioral Science: Social & Behavioral Studies. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.