PUBH 3180 - Public Health Principles & Practices I

Credit Hours: (3)

Description: This course is part one of a two-course sequence on public health practice. Students will work in teams and will be introduced to real-life public health issues and intervention approaches in an urban setting. Concepts in community organization, planning, and mobilization for the purposes of addressing identified public health concerns will be covered. Teamwork and partnership-building techniques, planning strategies, data collection and analysis approaches, and evidence-based decision-making will be introduced. The second course in this sequence (PUBH 4181) will focus on the application of principles taught in this course within a community setting.