Public Health: Health Promotion
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Public Health: Health Promotion
A major in public health: health promotion focuses on empowering and enabling people to control and improve their health and wellness. With a degree in health promotion you will be prepared for a career as a health officer, community program coordinator, wellness or health promotion specialist or coach, community health educator or a K-12 health educator (with additional licensure). This degree also prepares you for entry to graduate programs in public health.
As a public health: health promotion major at Linfield
you might take:
Students study disease process and how to prevent and control disease through health education and promotion. (HHPA 250)
Prevention and Control of Diseases
Students study disease process and how to prevent and control disease through health education and promotion. (HHPA 250)
Focus on human biology, environmental health, lifestyle factors, and health care organizations as these four factors relate to one another and to the overall concept of health, health care, and health care delivery. (HSCI 250)
Introduction to Public and Community Health
Focus on human biology, environmental health, lifestyle factors, and health care organizations as these four factors relate to one another and to the overall concept of health, health care, and health care delivery. (HSCI 250)
Acute and chronic diseases are discussed from population point of view. Topics include modes of transmission, outbreak investigation, surveillance of acute infections and chronic diseases, as well as microbial and environmental causes. (HSCI 440/ENVS 440)
Epidemiology
Acute and chronic diseases are discussed from population point of view. Topics include modes of transmission, outbreak investigation, surveillance of acute infections and chronic diseases, as well as microbial and environmental causes. (HSCI 440/ENVS 440)
Studying Public Health: Health Promotion at Linfield
Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the human body and its response to nutritional needs, physical activity and exercise.
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Utilize evidence-based assessment procedures in the area of health and fitness settings that guide the prescription of exercise and wellness programs for improved health and performance.
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Analyze factors associated with behavior change and motivation to initiate and persist in health-related goals.expand for image context information
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Apply principles of safety, injury prevention, and emergency procedures.
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Evaluate information using evidence-based practices that require critical evaluation, synthesis, and application of research literature.expand for image context information
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