CPH 651 - POPULATION HEALTH: MEASUREMENT, MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT

College of Public Health

Credits: 3

This course explores strategies for measuring, managing and improving health status on a population-wide basis using insight from the social and behavioral sciences. Students will examine approaches for measuring population health and analyzing determinants of health and wellbeing using primary and secondary sources. Students will acquire an understanding of how multiple service delivery and financing systems interact in shaping health and wellbeing on a population level, and what policy and management strategies and incentives are available to align the medical, public health and social systems that support population health. Finally, the course will introduce students to an array of analytic tools and methodologies for evaluating the implementation and impact of population health improvement strategies.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: Enrollment in the MPH program or permission of the instructor.
Approved for Distance Learning.