Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to evaluate the contributions of history in the development of our current public health system.
• Students will be able to discuss the relationship of public health with the development of health policy.
• Students will be able to identify a minimum of 5 contributions to improving the health of the public that are a direct result of health education and information and analyze their effectiveness.
• Students will Identify, assess, and utilize credible information resources on current community health issues, such as the internet, social media, media outlets, and libraries.
• Students will be able to describe how incidence of disease differs from disease prevalence.
• Students will be able to discuss the role of public health in emergency preparedness.
• Students will be able to describe how ethics influences health policy.
• Students will be able to describe the expanding role of public health occupations in the 21st century.