Provides knowledge on global health threats and methodological expertise for quantification of disease burden attributable to risk factors and preventable by interventions. Assessment of projections of social, behavioral, environmental and metabolic risk factors. Applying health risk assessment to communities and decision-makers to prioritize global public health research, policies and programs.
Athena Title
Global Burden of Disease
Prerequisite
GLOB 7100 or GLOB 7100E or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will compare metrics of global disease burden and understand how use of alternative metrics can influence public health prioritization.
Students will analyze major causes of morbidity and mortality globally and their temporal, geographical, and sociodemographic variability.
Students will examine history of cooperation to address the practical and conceptual challenges for quantifying the global burden of disease attributable to known risk factors and achieving health equity.
Students will critique the epidemiological and exposure evidence for global risk assessment of major social, behavioral, environmental and metabolic risk factors.
Students will propose innovative evidence-based public health interventions and estimate the impact on the burden of disease and health equity.
