The Global and Community Health concentration will educate students in the biologic and behavioral determinants of important public health problems in both developed and developing countries and discuss disease prevention strategies at the levels of communities and populations. Students will learn how knowledge of both the biological sciences and the social sciences (such as psychology, sociology, and economics) can be applied in developing public health policies and in planning, implementing, and managing prevention programs.

Specific competencies include:

• Describe biologic mechanisms of disease

• Identify the diseases of greatest public health importance in both developed and developing countries and the biologic and behavioral determinants of those diseases

• Describe social and economic forces that influence health-related behavior and health

• Identify different approaches to disease prevention and plan disease prevention strategies

• Understand processes for implementing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating public health programs

• Define policies that can benefit the health of populations

Typical Course Sequencing

Total - 121 hours