Public Health (PUBH)

This course examines disease prevention and health promotion from a population perspective. Evidence-based methods used by public health professionals and institutions to define and address health concerns of a society as well as the needs of vulnerable groups with the society will be explored.

This course examines the strong links between health and cultural, economic, and social development. The most critical issues in global health will be explored including education, poverty, human rights, and ethics. Evidence-based case studies will be used throughout the course.

This course examines the principles of disease and their distribution among people, sources of vital statistics, and methods of tabular and graphical presentation of data. The course focuses on statistical procedures for determining rates, ratios, their reliability, and the variability of data.