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2016-2017 Springfield College Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Springfield College Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HSRS 130 - Introduction to Public Health


This course introduces students to the population health approach to public health and describes a range of options for intervention to promote health and prevent disease.  Topics include the history of public health, uses of health information, health risk, and the frequency of health problems, health screening, health promotion, a review of the U.S. public health system, the role of government in both public and preventative health, the comparision of U.S. health policy with other countries.

Credits: 3