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PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR POPULATIONS

OCCTHER 733
Course Description

Explores population-based intervention for occupational justice, health and wellness. Provides a basic set of competencies in the domains central to the field of public health including systems thinking, social determinants of health, and health care reform policy.

Prerequisties

Declared in Occupational Therapy OTD: Entry Level

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

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