HEALTH OF POPULATIONS

COLLEGE QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS REQ. CROSS LISTED: HSOC-111

This course develops some of the major measures used to assess the health of populations and uses those measures to consider the major factors that determine levels of health in large aggregates. These factors include the disease environment, medical technology, public health initiatives, and personal behaviors. The approach is comparative and historical and includes attention to differences in health levels among major social groups.