PHT 520 - Fundamentals of Population Health, 2 credit hours

The course provides students with an introduction to fundamental concepts and principles underlying population health approaches to public health. The course is designed to address population and prevention-based perspectives on health; the biopsychosocial context of health and health disparities; role of community in public health; role of organized public health and medical efforts in population health; and future directions in population health. The course will also designed to provide a broad overview of health disparities and disparity population in terms of race/ethnicity, geographic locations, and sexual orientation. Leading Health Indicators and Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. as described in Healthy People 2020 will be explored.