PH 340 - Human Health & Disease

4 credit(s)
Examines human health and disease from a public health perspective. This course will cover fundamental principles relating to prevention and control of diseases of major significance to the public’s health. The course briefly reviews the prevalence/incidence of selected human diseases. Our major foci are etiology, risks, health disparities, and strategies for the control of communicable and non-communicable diseases among selected populations. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of social and behavioral factors that influence the determinants, distribution, prevention and health promotion of the high-risk diseases of modern, industrialized and global society.
Offered: Alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed credits).