| Course ID: | PBHL 7100E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Fundamentals of Public Health |
Course
Description: | An overview of public health, with an emphasis on the population
perspective and cross-cutting nature of public health, including
the population impacts of healthcare systems, environmental and
social/behavioral influences on the health of the public,
theoretical models and concepts, and historic and contemporary
issues. |
| Oasis Title: | Fundamentals of Public Health |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in PBHL 3100, PBHL 3100E, PBHL 7100 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Describe the context and scope of public health, including
history, philosophy, literature, essential services, ethics,
and applications to current events;
2. Compare the basic principles of epidemiology, including
rates, risk factors, disease determinants and causation, and
critically analyze the literature;
3. Explain the impact of behavior on health and methods for
altering behavior at the individual and social levels and
critically analyze health behavior change initiatives;
4. Demonstrate how health policy, law, and ethics can serve as
tools for implementing health decisions and the potential
tensions between individual rights and social responsibilities;
5. Examine the impact of environmental factors on health;
6. Investigate the concepts of prevention, detection, and
control of infectious and chronic diseases;
7. Identify the role of health professions and the professional
options in the healthcare and public health workforce;
8. Examine and critically analyze the organization of healthcare
and public health systems;
9. Critique the issues associated with cost, quality, and access
to healthcare/public health services; analyze and create health
policy briefs associated with current issues in healthcare and
public health services;
10. Interpret public health’s commitment to vulnerable
populations and to global health initiatives;
11. Investigate the current and emerging issues within the
field. |
| Topical Outline: | Topics to be covered:
Introduction to Public Health
Public Health History and Controversies
Public Health Workforce/State and Local P.H.
Population Approach and Evidence-Based P.H.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Methods)
Problems and Limits of Epidemiology (Error/Bias)
The Role of Data (Health Information and Agencies)
Role of Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Resurgence
Case Study 1 (Historic Challenges in Public Health-Discussion
Section)
Social and Behavioral Health (Factors)
Social and Behavioral Health (Behavioral Change)
Tobacco
Nutrition and Obesity
Injury
Mental Health
Maternal and Child Health
Midterm
Case Study 2 (Current Challenges in Public Health-Discussion
Section)
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
Environmental Health and Population
Solid Waste, Air, and Water
Food and Drugs
U.S. Healthcare Systems
Medical Care and Insurance
Healthcare Reform
Global Health
Aging
Case Study 3 (Emerging Challenges in Public Health-Discussion
Section) |