Introduction to Public Health
Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-501-112
Course Description
10-501-112 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH ...a survey and analysis of current public health problems incorporating an epidemiologic framework. A basic introduction to community health history and organization is followed by specific health issues analyzed through the agent, host, and environmental interrelationships. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, and health promotion strategies are detailed.
What will I learn?
- Examine the basic organizational structure of the public health systems.
- Review the analytical methods in disease investigation.
- Examine the biomedical basis of public health.
- Recognize the social and behavioral factors in health.
- Examine the role of public health and environmental health.
- Examine medical care and public health.
- Examine the critical role in emergency preparedness planning in public health.
- Explore the future of public health.
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