PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION HEALTH: DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

PUBLHLTH 782

The social determinants of health, determined by deep rooted and inequitably distributed resources via institutions and systems that shape our communities and the world that we live in, are the key factors that shape ill health and exacerbate inequities in the health and well being of populations. Provides grounding in the social determinants of health through a health equity framework. Students will learn about health equity frameworks and how to integrate them into their public health practice and research.

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 820

Presentations by graduate students, professors, public health professionals and experts designed to cover the depth and breadth of research in the field of population health.

POPHLTH 753

Considers the roles of healthcare systems in improving population health, focusing on the importance of considering healthcare as one among multiple determinants of health.

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.