CPH 201 - AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH: THEORY AND METHODS

College of Public Health

Credit(s): 3

This course provides the student with basic knowledge about the discipline of public health. After receiving a philosophical and political orientation to public health, students will begin to acquire functional knowledge of the strategies most often applied in public health practice. Key content areas (such as HIV prevention, maternal and child health, reducing obesity rates, and reducing tobacco addiction) will become focal points for the investigation of these strategies.

Meets UK Core: Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences.
Approved for Distance Learning.