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2025-2026 Catalog

BACH 5300 Theoretical Foundations of Individual and Community Health

3 SCH. This course provides an introduction to theoretical approaches used in facilitating behavioral, social and cultural changes needed for improving population health. Students learn the importance of integrating multidisciplinary perspectives - behavioral, social, cultural, political, and economic - to understand health related behavior and address health disparities. The course will rely on an ecological framework to examine theories of individual and community health at multiple levels.
Offered Fall and Spring
Letter Grade