Foundations of Public Health
PH700: History, philosophy and core functions of public health
Foundations of the Profession and Science of Public Health
History, philosophy, and conceptual foundation of public health in the US
History of Public Health
Methods of preventing disease go back many centuries. Concepts of disease were crude and often ba...
What is Public Health?
The many factors that contribute to disease and health, or determinants, are complex and often br...
Philosophy and Ethics in Public Health
There are many definitions of public health, but the simplest is that public health is the conste...
Evidence-Based Public Health
Maximizing the health of a population is largely achieved through three core functions of public ...
Qualitative Reseach
Quantitative research are designed to precisely measure the association between biological, socia...
Trends in Morbidity, Mortality and Behaviors in the US
To follow trends in the causes of disease and death, the two measure of incidence that are always...
Biological Foundations for Public Health
An overview of the understanding of the biological basis to health problems
Infectious Agents
Learning Objectives Explain the major differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells ...
The Biology of a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic which began in late 2019 has been truly devastating event that has caused n...
Respiratory Health
All animals need oxygen to metabolize nutrients to generate cellular energy. The above equatio...
DNA, Heredity and Drug Resistance
Chromosomes are molecules of DNA that provide the essential genetic code for all living organisms...
Cancer
The oldest description of cancer were written in Egypt as early as 3000 BC as part of an ancient ...
Heart Health
Atherosclerotic disease is a global health problem. Cardiovascular disease is the number 1 cause ...
Factors Related to Human Health
Social, Political and Economic There is growing recognition that there are many social determin...