Prin Pop Health & Epidemiology

This course explores the social determinants of health, as well as the public health vs. clinical approaches to managing the health of communities. This course introduces students to epidemiological methods and the community health assessment process. It emphasizes the need and utility of a data driven approach to decision making in order to improve population health, whole community health planning, and explores the causes and consequences of health disparities. Pre-requisites: Undergraduate Statistics and HSC 320