Students will be challenged to analyze the philosophical, scientific, and historical roots of population health and to consider the role which public health, economics, technology, public policy, and politics plays in developing and sustaining population health initiatives. Attention will also be given to the strategies and methods, including quality parameters used in the application of population health concepts in health-oriented initiatives in populations at the aggregate, community, occupational/environmental, and social/cultural dimensions of health in their role as leaders in population health within diverse settings.

Students will be challenged to analyze the philosophical, scientific, and historical roots of population health and to consider the role which public health, economics, technology, public policy, and politics plays in developing and sustaining population health initiatives. Attention will also be given to the strategies and methods, including quality parameters used in the application of population health concepts in health-oriented initiatives in populations at the aggregate, community, occupational/environmental, and social/cultural dimensions of health in their role as leaders in population health within diverse settings.