Pathways to Public Health

edX MOOC / Non-credit USD 379
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Pathways to Public Health

About this course

Pathways to Public Health provides learners with a working knowledge of the issues public health professionals are striving to address every day. You will meet public health specialists who focus on dimensions of health relating to: the environment, family and community, personal behaviors and decision making, health services delivery and access, and utilizing data to both identify the underlying causes of disease, and to track and control the spread of disease.

What you'll learn

  • understand key public health issues
  • identify environmental and community health factors
  • analyze data to track disease spread
  • comprehend the role of health services delivery

Course objectives

  • equip learners with knowledge on public health dimensions
  • foster understanding of disease causation and prevention
  • prepare learners to engage with public health data

Skills you'll gain

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