NUR 547 - Population Health

3 credits
Lecture
Principles of health promotion and disease prevention are applied to various populations in community health care 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.