Includes environmental law, disease systems, water supplies, plumbing, waste water treatment, food sanitation, vector control, recreation sanitation, solid waste disposal, housing, sanitation, and air pollution. Stresses mastery of basic concepts and techniques of research methodology used in the health professions. Examines the patterns and explanations for diversity in mortality and morbidity in populations, focusing on social factors including social class, race, ethnicity, culture, stress, and social relationships, both formal and informal. Cross-listed as Mkt. An examination of marketing principles as applied to the health care sector.
Course covers the basic principles of public policy making in health care and public health.
Covers issues of evaluation in health settings, including needs assessment, setting objectives, selection, implementation, and evaluation of programs and interventions. An in-depth look at current issues facing health professionals. Topics, presented in lecture and student presentations and discussed in small groups, include health reform, access to care, other system issues, and organizational trends and strategies. Critiques topics with regard to public and private goals, consumer and provider interests, and ethics. An introduction to the fundamental principles of health insurance and the relationship of those principles to our evolving system of health care financing.