Public health approaches to disease prevention and health promotion are explored for each topic. Introduces undergraduates to concepts basic to understanding and analyzing relationships between drugs, health, and society. Using a broad multi-disciplinary perspective, examines legal and illegal drugs and their effects on personal and community health. Prevention of drug problems at the policy, community, organization, and individual levels will be examined. Covers principles of public health and social justice, health promotion philosophy, social consciousness, current public health issues, community health issues, diversity and oppression theories.
Students participate in a community action project of their choosing.
Introduction to trends and issues in the educational approach to health promotion at the individual and community levels. Peer Education Programs Public health internships in Health Promotion combine academic course work and supervised field experiences as peer health educators. See Peer Education Opportunities for information on our specific programs. Topics include health promotion, medical self-care, and delivery of health care service. Through a combined theory and practice approach, topics are covered as they apply to the campus community.