Introduction to Public Health
What public health is, how it protects whole populations, and the agencies, tools and people who do the work.
PUBH-201 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Public Health
Course content
- 1What public health is and why it mattersComing
- 2A short history of public healthComing
- 3Measuring the health of a populationComing
- 4Determinants of healthComing
- 5Public health agencies in the United StatesComing
- 6The core functions of public healthComing
- 7Prevention: primary, secondary and tertiaryComing
- 8Health protection: food, water and disease controlComing
- 9Health promotion and healthy public policyComing
- 10Public health ethics and the common goodComing
- 11Careers in public healthComing
- 12Case study: a public health success storyComing
Description
What public health is, how it protects whole populations, and the agencies, tools and people who do the work.
Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 2.