KHS 336 - HEALTH POLICY

3 Credit Hour(s)
This course addresses how health policy development and analysis have an impact on the public’s health. The course is designed to provide professionals with the skills for collecting, analyzing, and communicating information on public health policy issues using approaches that would be useful in the policymaking arena. Students will learn the basics of health policy at local and national levels including who makes the policies, at what legislative and government level, and what major factors influence health policy adoption. The course will also address the major policy issues facing communities historically and today. Three hours of lecture.