CLINICAL PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE II

POPHLTH 795

Introduction to multiple determinants of health including medical care, socioeconomic status, the physical environment and individual behavior, and their interactions. Also covered will be the definition and measurement of population health, economic concepts in population health, and ethical and managerial issues in population health improvement.

PHYASST 610

Addresses the concepts of prevention and population health. Multiple topics will be explored including but not limited to: Health Information Literacy, Immunizations, Nutrition, Exercise, Communication and Counseling Skills, and Integrative Medicine.

NURSING 702

Best practice approaches to health promotion and disease prevention are explored from their theoretical foundations to clinical applications in diverse populations. Content focuses on the study and synthesis of epidemiologic evidence with emerging social, psychological, and biological science to critically examine and propose evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes, mitigate risk, and reduce disparities at the population level. Epidemiological principles, levels of prevention, population health theory, infectious disease control, and considerations specific to health equity and ethical health promotion practice in populations will be addressed.

NURSING 432

Exploration of population health nursing principles and practices, public health partnerships, population health advocacy, community health assessment, and identification of health patterns in populations in local, national, and global settings.

POPHLTH 752

An introduction to the field of "Population Health Science" - the multidisciplinary study of why populations are healthy (or not) and how our limited resources can be allocated across the multiple determinants of health to improve population health.