NURS 690 - Population Health and Epidemiology

3 Credit(s)

Individual-focused health promotion and disease prevention activities are not sufficient to improve the health of the nation’s population. Population-oriented interventions are also required. Using a socio ecological approach to health promotion and disease prevention, the multiple social, physical and biological determinants of population health status are analyzed. Based on current national health promotion and disease prevention goals to achieve health equity in this nation, emphasis will be placed on those factors which crate disparities among populations. The epidemiological approach to detecting patterns of health outcomes and potential causative factors will be examined and population-focused health promotion and disease prevention interventions will be explored.