STHS 324
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History of Public Health in the United States
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Course Description
This course explores the history of public health in the U.S. In doing so the course examines debates regarding the following: the goals of public health, the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a
population's health, the nature of evidence, the environmental and biological factors that influence health, the relation of public health to biomedicine, and the social determinants of health. Throughout, the course examines both the history of racism,
sexism, classism, and ableism in the field of public health (and biomedicine) and the history of efforts to make public health more equitable and inclusive.
population's health, the nature of evidence, the environmental and biological factors that influence health, the relation of public health to biomedicine, and the social determinants of health. Throughout, the course examines both the history of racism,
sexism, classism, and ableism in the field of public health (and biomedicine) and the history of efforts to make public health more equitable and inclusive.
Course Typically Offered
Offered every other year.
Career
Undergraduate
Catalog Course Attributes
CO24 - ARTHUM (Artistic and Humanistic), CO24 - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), CORE - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), INTD - BIOE (Bioethics BIOE)
Min Units
1
Max Units
1
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Lecture
Optional Component
No
Final Exam Type
Yes