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HSCI 200

HSCI 200: Issues in Community Health (GE)

Credit Hours: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.

Note(s): General Education and Cultural or Behavioral Analysis designated course.

Catalog Description

Students focus on the history and current status of community health, as well as the determinants of health in populations. The social, political, economic, and biomedical aspects of health and illness and key health issues facing communities today will be explored.

Detailed Description of Content of the Course:

Module 1: Foundations of Community and Public Health

  • Community and Public Health: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
  • Organizations That Help Shape Community and Public Health
  • Community Organizing/Building and Health Promotion Programming
  • The School Health Program: A Component of Community and Public Health

Module 2: The Nation's Health

  • Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
  • Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults
  • Older Adults
  • Community and Public Health and Racial/Ethnic Populations
  • Community Mental Health 
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: A Community Concern

Module 3: Environmental Health and Safety

  • Health Care Delivery in the United States 
  • Community and Public Health and the Environment
  • Injuries as a Community and Public Health Problem
  • Safety and Health in the Workplace

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course:

Method of Instruction: Required Readings/Textbook, Recommended/Supplemental Readings, Class and Small Group Discussions, Student Presentations, Zoom/Collaborate, Slide Presentations

Goals and Objectives of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Examine key community health issues in the United States.
  2. Discuss the role of social, cultural, economic, and biomedical factors affecting community health.
  3. Assess prevention and control strategies to improve health conditions in populations.
  4. Compare and contrast the role of health and public health organizations in improving community health in the United States.

Program Outcomes:

  1. Assess health information and scientific data for evaluating the health status of individuals and communities.
  2. Apply critical thinking skills based on empirical evidence and contextual frameworks in the health sciences.
  3. Analyze ethical issues and challenges facing individual and community health.
  4. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills that display competency and professionalism in the health sciences.
  5. Engage in civic activities and service that promote individual and community health.

Assessment Measures:

  • Introduction Questions 
  • Syllabus Quiz
  • Homework Assignments 15 @ 10 points each
  • Individual project/Paper/Presentation (3 parts)
  • Chapter Quizzes - 11 @ 10 points each
  • Exams - 3 @ 100 points each
  • Zoom Sessions - 3 @ 25 points each

Review and Approval

August 2020

March 01, 2021

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