Principles of health promotion and personal wellness with emphasis on stress management, nutrition, physical fitness, substance abuse prevention, prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases, and human sexuality. (Gen.Ed. SI)

Principles of health promotion and personal wellness with emphasis on stress management, nutrition, physical fitness, substance abuse prevention, prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases, and human sexuality. (Gen.Ed. SI)

U.S. health care system with emphasis on issues relating to unequal access to health services. An analysis of how the system should work. Special attention to controversial issues, including managed care and health insurance. How other countries design health systems. (Gen.Ed. SB, U)

Review of communication sources, channels, messages, reception, and effects, diffusion of health information, adoption of preventive health behavior, and mass media and social change patterns.

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This course is designed to give students a broad overview of public health and public health systems within the United States. This course will provide students with an understanding of the core disciplines with public health and will then focus in on the social and political aspects of health. The course will allow students to gain an understanding of the role of public policy in health and how to develop policies and plan that support individual and community health efforts.

Major methodologies useful in health research. Topics include philosophy of scientific investigation, field research, participant, survey research, experimental design, construction of questionnaires, and attitudes scales; the format for writing a research prospectus.

This course is intended to introduce the science of epidemiology and to explore how epidemiologic methods are applied to solving public health problems. Students will learn basic quantitative methods, study design concepts, and critical thinking skills relating to infectious and chronic disease epidemiology.

This course is designed to give students a broad overview of public health and public health systems within the United States. This course will provide students with an understanding of the core disciplines with public health and will then focus in on the social and political aspects of health. The course will allow students to gain an understanding of the role of public policy in health and how to develop policies and plan that support individual and community health efforts.