HLTH 314
Health, Disease and Their Determinants, Part 1
Public Health
College of Life Sciences
Course Description
An introduction to human health, disease, mental health, and injury and how biological, behavioral, socio-economic, and environmental factors impact health and contribute to health disparities, discussed from a population-wide approach integrating social and behavioral models and theories, descriptive epidemiology, and disease pathophysiology.
When Taught
Fall and Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Recommended
HLTH 210
Title
Multifaceted nature of health
Learning Outcome
Discuss and examine the multifaceted nature of health as influenced by biological, behavioral, socio-economic, and environmental determinants of health and disease, and the roles of gender, race, ethnicity, poverty, and other evolving demographics on population health.
Title
Health behaviors
Learning Outcome
Describe models and theories that explain and predict health behaviors, including those from the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and community/ecological domains.
Title
Indicators of health
Learning Outcome
Identify and examine trends, factors, and key indicators of health and the leading causes of morbidity and mortality through a life course perspective.
Title
Health threats
Learning Outcome
Discuss the origin, transmission mechanisms, and dynamics of persistent, emerging, and re-emerging health threats, from the perspective of interactions among host, agents, and environment.
Title
Determinants health and wellness
Learning Outcome
Analyze the fundamental pathophysiological mechanisms, modesof disease transmission, and the physiological and cognitive processes that determine health and wellness and how these can be altered by disease.
