HESA 245 - Intro to Population Health

3 Credit Hours
This course will introduce the concept of population health. Unlike the medical model of healthcare, population health aims to address health on a level of a population not on the level of an individual. Population health describes a collaborative interdisciplinary, customizable approach to prevention of medical illness. We will discuss the precursors of disease, and specifically the role social and environmental determinants of health (such as education, wealth, and environmental factors) on the genesis of disease. This course will introduce interventions for improvement of health on the level of the population in the context of a value-based care delivery system. It will introduce the skills and tools necessary to assess the needs of a population (including subpopulations), and social determinants that influence access and delivery of healthcare within a population. The course will also introduce the application of population health concepts in different careers, from healthcare, to economics, and business.

Levels: Undergraduate

College of Professional Sci Health Services Administration