HSMP 5010 - Foundations of Public Health

(3 credits)

Provides an introduction to public health practice, including an overview of the profession and science of public health and factors related to human health. Topics may include history, values, functions and essential services of public health, public health methods and sciences, key health indicators, levels of prevention, determinants of population health, health inequities, global burdens of disease, and ecological perspectives on health.

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