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Nov 22, 2024
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CHS 200 - Introduction to Public Health Biology (3 units)
Overview of human disease, implication of disease management, and current disease processes.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to identify biological principles required to understand infectious and non-infectious diseases of public health importance.
2. Students will be able to describe how to survey diseases systematically within body systems in regard to general considerations, definition and classification, pathogenesis, clinical findings (signs/symptoms, laboratory findings, imaging), complications, prevention, treatment goals and regimen, prognosis, and differences from other diseases from a public health perspective.
3. Students will be able to describe how to integrate health promotion and disease prevention through understanding the biological basis for identifying risk/susceptibility factors for different populations.
4. Students will be able to assess the relationship among screening, recommendations, and other therapeutic approaches related to disease prevention.
5. Students will be able to explain the differences in advocacy for the health of a community versus advocacy for health of an individual.
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