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ECOLOGY OF CHILD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

HDFS 345
Course Description

The physical and mental health and well-being of infants and children are strongly influenced by child- and family-facing service professionals from across a variety of professions. Through a socioecological and multidisciplinary lens, examines both conceptual models and real-world applications ranging along a continuum from individual-level clinical interventions to systems-level public health approaches of influencing infant and child physical and mental health and well-being.

Prerequisites

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.83

-1.67% from Historical

Completion Rate
96.61%

-1.68% from Historical

A Rate
89.83%

-2.54% from Historical

Class Size
59

2.61% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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