PHT 450S - Community Health Assessment, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): PHT 170 and either Junior Status, Senior Status, or Instructor permission.
The course will provide students with the understanding and experience in conducting community health assessments for the purpose of helping organizations better serve their communities. The course will discuss the theories and methods used as part of the assessment process. Students will learn to use qualitative methods (face to face interviewing, focus groups, photovoice) as tools to learn about issues important to communities. This is a service learning course and students will be expected to work with community partners in conducting a community assessment. Students will be expected to be professional when working with our community partners. The course will be a mixture of classroom activity and community work. The instructor will supervise and facilitate the process and the work students to with organizations.