Community Health

Description

Community Health is an interdisciplinary concentration through which students examine a variety of issues, including population health and disease, health policy, cross-cultural and international aspects of health, the organizational and social structures through which health services are delivered and received, and the public health system. Courses in the concentration allow students to explore the ways in which the social, political, behavioral and biological sciences contribute to the understanding of patterns of population distributions of health and disease. The concentration also provides students with courses in basic research methods and statistics necessary for problem solving and critical thinking in the emerging emphasis on evidence-based health care and public health.

Student Goals

Students in this concentration will:

• Identify, assess, understand and apply the current state of public health knowledge to public health concerns
• Identify the role of cultural, social and behavioral factors, among others, in determining disease expression, disease prevention, health promoting behavior and access to care
• Develop skills to organize and communicate information pertaining to a public health issue, including policy implications, priorities and recommended course of action
• Work collaboratively collaboratively on an original project related to public health through the Senior Seminar Capstone

Requirements

Click here for a list of the Community Health concentration requirements. For more information about this concentration, please visit the department's website.

Honors and Capstones

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Honors candidates must write an Honors Thesis. To be eligible for Honors, students must complete twelve (12) required courses, ten (10) of which are graded, and must earn more A's than B's in those courses. The thesis must be judged to be of superior quality by both faculty advisors, and the student must deliver an oral presentation of the thesis. Students must take PHP1970 for a grade in both senior-year semesters. Honors in the Computational program is handled via the Biology Honors process, with application and details described here.

Liberal Learning

This concentration allows you to address the following Liberal Learning goals:

• Expand your reading skills
• Understand differences among cultures
• Engage with your community
• Experience scientific inquiry
• Work on your speaking and writing

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Affiliated Departments

• Behavioral and Social Science
• Biostatistics
• Departments in the Program in Biology
• Epidemiology
• Health Services
• Policy and Practice

Advisors

• Susan Allen

Graduating Class

Year	Total	Capstone	Honors
2010	34		8
2011	28		9
2012	27	27	3

Alumni Pathways

The Community Health concentration is relevant for students with career interests in public health, disease prevention and health promotion, health policy and epidemiology, clinical health care delivery, health care administration, international health, and health law.

Dept. Undergraduate Group

Student Leaders:

• Ashley Riley
• Gabrielle Mele-Algus