2023-2024 Catalog

PBH 110 Introduction to Public Health

This class provides an introduction to the field of Public Health. Public Health is an interdisciplinary endeavor aimed at improving population health on a community, national and global level. This course will introduce you to an evidence-based way of thinking about Public Health problems and solutions.  Public Health professionals and institutions define and address our mutual concerns as a society as well as the needs of vulnerable groups within our society. The course will cover several areas including: (1)What is Public Health? (2) Biological and Social determinants of physical and mental health and changing patterns of disease. (3)The tools of population health including a basic introduction to epidemiology, the science of identifying and tracking disease.  (4) Health disparities – We will examine particularly vulnerable populations and analyze different patterns of illness and access to care among certain communities.  (5) Finally we will discuss the structure of health-care and public health systems. 

Credits

3

Corequisite

MATH 113 or higher