- Are you a medical student or a medical practitioner?
- Do you want to investigate the fundamental elements and factors that underline various conditions of health and disease in populations?
- Want to take an in-depth look at how public health is approached locally and globally?
- Are you looking for an online course regarding this?

If this is so then this is most certainly the right place for you. This package contains a course which is designed in such a way that it can help make the learning process a lot easier for the users. If you are facing problems in understanding the basics then this course will turn out to be useful in accomplishing the intended objectives.

What is this course and what are the benefits of taking it?

Through this public health course, you will investigate the fundamental elements and factors that underline various conditions of health and disease in populations. You will take an in-depth look at how public health is approached locally and globally while studying the principles, concepts and methodologies of diverse disciplines associated with public health research and practice. Specific areas of study include:

- Topics in the social and behavioural sciences
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Environmental health sciences and health policy and administration
- Framework, principles, and core responsibilities of public health research
- Foundation for further studies towards cross-cutting approaches which are essential for public health practice

This online course is open to graduate students with a variety of academic backgrounds and experiences.

Medical students, health care experts and physicians can benefit from this course.

Author Bio

Prof. Oladele Ogunseitan will be the instructor for this course. He is Professor and Chair, Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention, Program in Public Health; Professor of Social Ecology, Ph.D. University of Tennessee; M.P.H. University of California, Berkeley.