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Tobacco and Public Health: Impact, Prevention, Policy and Social Change
Catalog Description:
This course will provide an overview of the history, health effects, politics, policy, treatment and prevention of tobacco use, combining medical, psychosocial, epidemiological and economic perspectives. The course will feature expert speakers, readings, and activities to stimulate active discussion and debate, giving students a framework for understanding the epidemic of tobacco addiction and it's impact on public health. Lessons regarding behavior change, social determinants of health and tobacco use, health disparities, global impact and politics, epidemiologic research, development of public policy and community-based interventions can all be gleaned from the study of the tobacco epidemic and control movement.
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Past Instructor(s): Halperin
This course will provide an overview of the history, health effects, politics, policy, treatment and prevention of tobacco use, combining medical, psychosocial, epidemiological and economic perspectives. The course will feature expert speakers, readings, and activities to stimulate active discussion and debate, giving students a framework for understanding the epidemic of tobacco addiction and it's impact on public health. Lessons regarding behavior change, social determinants of health and tobacco use, health disparities, global impact and politics, epidemiologic research, development of public policy and community-based interventions can all be gleaned from the study of the tobacco epidemic and control movement.
More about the course . . .
Past Instructor(s): Halperin
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