This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of variables that affect health sectors in the community. Assessment, relationship building and program initiatives can be combined to positively affect health status. This course is an introduction to the relationship between legal aspects and ethics associated with the health care field. Discussion of the role of ethics as it pertains to health care and community settings including ethical decision making, teamwork and the impact of illness on individual and social settings.
Emphasis is on the ethical and legal responsibilities of community health workers.
This course is a survey of ecological principles and their application to the health and safety of physical and social environments, occupational settings and human beings. Site visits to specific living quarters or occupational settings and the measurement of environmental safety factors addressed.