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2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

NUR 547 - Population Health

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Principles of health promotion and disease prevention are applied to various populations in community healthcare settings. Emphasis is on the role of the nurse in the analysis of community resources, extant literature and application of public health principles to prevent and reduce the burden of disease. National health promotion objectives provide a focus for the course. Public health theories, ecological models, community organization models, community health education strategies and theories of behavior change are addressed. Ethics for population health are applied to case examples.
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