The United States spends far more on medical care than any other nation, but our investments in healthcare aren?t resulting in improved health outcomes. In fact, the United States ranks well below many of its global counterparts and competitors on a number of health outcomes, including overall life expectancy and the incidence of preventable diseases or injuries. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has placed renewed focus on health promotion and disease prevention and the need for more professionals who are able to develop policies, conduct research, and implement strategies to improve the nation?s health outcomes.
Graduates will have the necessary knowledge and skills related to:
- The US and other selected healthcare and healthcare delivery systems
- Structures for and approaches to developing health policies and health policy analysis
- Population health perspectives and the needs of vulnerable populations
- Social and behavioral theories applicable to health behavior and how these theories may be applied to address a variety of public health issues
- Principles of epidemiology necessary to understand health and illness
- Methods to assess population-wide health concerns
- Health promotion and protection strategies Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying and eliminating or controlling public health?issues
