Cph 2711 Community And Public Health 1: Health Education And Behavior

CPH 2711: Community and Public Health 1: Health Education and Behavior

Course Description:

Health is a multidimensional concept with both a concrete and a social definition. In this course concepts of health and illness are explored to examine the ways in which the environmental surroundings, as well as the conditions under which we are born, grow, work, play, and age, shape our personal, community and population health. The course also investigates the structural and intermediary determinants of health such as social environment, social capital, behavior, and biology.

Required Textbook and Materials:

The main required textbooks for this course are listed below, and can be readily accessed using the provided links. There may be additional required/recommended readings, supplemental materials, or other resources and websites necessary for lessons; these will be provided for you in the course’s General Information and Forums area, and throughout the term via the weekly course Unit areas and the Learning Guides.

This course does not contain a main textbook; resources to all required reading will be provided in the course Learning Guide for each week. This course does, however, utilize the CIU Liobrary.

Software Requirements/Installation:

No special requirements.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Explain the basic underpinnings of public health promotion and education.
2. Examine key environmental and social determinants of health.
3. Distinguish patterns and linkages between the social determinants of health and specific health behaviors associated with risk factors related to morbidity and mortality profiles.

Course Schedule and Topics:

This course will cover the following topics in eight learning sessions, with one Unit per week. The Final Exam will take place during Week/Unit 9.

Week 1: Unit 1 – What is Health?

Week 2: Unit 2 – Community & Public Health: An Introduction

Week 3: Unit 3 – The Social Determinants of Health: An Overview

Week 4: Unit 4 – The Built & Social Environment

Week 5: Unit 5 – Public & Social Policy & Population Health

Week 6: Unit 6 – Biology & Behaviors: Risk Factors for Mortality & Morbidity

Week 7: Unit 7 – Health Psychology and Behavior

Week 8: Unit 8 – Global Best Practices & Case Studies

Week 9: Unit 9 – Course Review and Final Exam