PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION HEALTH: POPULATION HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

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.

POPHLTH 794

Covers the physiology, biology and biochemistry of selected disease processes deemed to be important in population health sciences by virtue of their clinical significance including incidence, mortality and morbidity.

PUBLHLTH 785

Focuses on the fundamental characteristics of the public health and health care systems, including key factors in performance, organization, financing, and delivery of services in major sectors of the U.S. health care system.

POPHLTH 718

Addresses and analyzes differences in health status and methods of organizing and providing health services in countries with varying levels of development and types of socio-political systems. Develops an understanding of the various avenues of international cooperation in health.

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.