BACH 5310 Community Assessment

3 SCH. This course provides an introduction to community assessment as it pertains to the functions of public health. As one of the core functions of public health, community assessment facilitates problem solving and policy development. The course covers concepts relevant to community diagnosis such as statistics on health status, health resources, health needs and health problems as well as the systematic collection, assembly, analysis, and interpretation of data related to the characteristics, resources, and health of the community. Prerequisites: BACH 5300 and EPID 5300 or permission of instructor.