3.00 Credits
This introductory course provides students interested in a career in public health with a broad and comprehensive overview of concepts, empirical research, and public health practice in public and community health sciences. The first half of the course describes ways to define and measure health and illness, the social construction of illness, social and behavioral determinants of health, and health disparities, including socioeconomics status (SES), race/ethnicity, gender, and age. In the second half of the course, students will learn about social and behavioral theories of health-related behavior change, health promotion strategies and methods, and public policy