Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BPH400 Foundations of Public Health (3 cr.)


This course provides an overview of the discipline of public health by introducing concepts and structures essential to the promotion of a healthy society.  Emphasis is placed on viewing health and disease from a population perspective in comparison to that of the individual.  The history of the field of public health, the major institutions in the U.S. and worldwide, and critical concepts such as the roles of communication, human behavior, and cultural competence are introduced. 

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Differentiate between the concepts of individual health and public health.
  2. Discuss the history of public health initiatives and their impact on local and global health. 
  3. Examine the relationship between biological, environmental, developmental, and socio-economic domains of health and disease.
  4. Describe interventions of epidemiological research, primary prevention, program development, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of such interventions.
  5. Discuss the concept of social determinants of health.
  6. Outline the structures and functions of the U.S. public health system.



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