SPH 530 - This is Public Health

★ 3 (fi 6) (variable, 3-0-0) A survey of fundamental concepts in public health. Includes history and evolution of the field, views of health and wellness, global population health and its determinants, social justice and health inequities, systems thinking, core public health functions, strategies and interventions to improve public health, the assessment-planning-action-evaluation cycle, ethics and values, intercultural competence, ways of knowing, and the roles of evidence and knowledge translation. SPH 530 is the first required core course for the MPH degree.