NSG 511 Prevention Issues in Community Health (3 cr.)
**It’s not too late to register for this course! First class is 1/16.
This course is open to graduate students. It may be of particular interest to those in nursing, medicine, public health, education, social work and psychology.
In this course we will examine both theoretical and practical aspects of implementing community-level prevention programs and policies to promote health and prevent health disorders. This interdisciplinary overview of community prevention approaches will focus on the social determinants of health and health disparity reduction among vulnerable populations. The course involves analysis of community and population preventive strategies across the life course, with a focus on the design and presentation of a prevention approach to a community health problem of interest to the student. The roles of prevention leader and consumer of prevention information are emphasized.
Class takes place on Wednesdays 2:30 to 5:30 pm
HOWEVER Five classes (half of the classes) are on-line activities
rather than classroom attendance
In-person classes: 1/16; 1/30; 2/13; 2/27; 3/13
For more information contact: Carole Hooven PhD
Dept. Psychosocial and Community Health – University of Washington School of Nursing
Email: chooven@u.washington.edu
