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Community and Public Health 1: Health Education and Behavior – CPH 2711: Learning Materials

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To best prepare for your future studies, please review the below preparation resources. We encourage you to use the time before starting your first term, to get a taste of the topics of your upcoming courses. There’s no better time to start than now! Good luck with your studies!

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Course Overview

Health is a multidimensional concept, with both a concrete and a social definition. In this course, we will explore the concepts of health and illness. Based on these concepts, the course will further explore the ways in which our surroundings, the conditions under which we are born, grow, work, play, and age, shape our personal, community and populations health. The course will investigate the structural and intermediary determinants of health such as the built and social environment, social capital, behavior, and biology.

Preparation Resources

Community and Public Health 1 - Course Schedule and Topics:

This course will cover the following topics in eight learning sessions, with one Unit per week. The Final Exam will take place during Week/Unit 9 (UoPeople time).

 

Week 1: Unit 1 – What is Health?

 

Week 2: Unit 2 – Community & Public Health: An Introduction

 

Week 3: Unit 3 – The Social Determinants of Health: An Overview

 

Week 4: Unit 4 – The Built & Social Environment

 

Week 5: Unit 5 – Public & Social Policy & Population Health

 

Week 6: Unit 6 – Biology & Behaviors: Risk Factors for Mortality & Morbidity

 

Week 7: Unit 7 – Health Psychology and Behavior

 

Week 8: Unit 8 – Global Best Practices & Case Studies

 

Week 9: Unit 9 – Course Review and Final Exam