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Population Dynamics and Public Health
Location
Internet
Term
1st Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
None
Public Health is a population science, and gaining an understanding of how trends and patterns of births, deaths and migrations determine the size, age-sex structure and location of populations is a critical foundation for all work in the other public health disciplines.
Provides an overview of population dynamics globally and its implications for public health program planning at the national and local levels. Students learn how to locate data sources for key demographic indicators and how to calculate and interpret measures of fertility, mortality and migration in populations. Introduces the principles of population projections students learn how to utilize projections in planning for public health interventions.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the major trends and patterns of domestic and international population dynamics (mortality, fertility and migration) and the basic components of population size, distribution and composition
- Identify selected sources of population data and their strengths and limitations, and apply population methods to public health program planning
- Identify some key health policy interventions which affect population change
Enrollment Restriction
None