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Graduate Record 2016-2017 
    
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GNUR 5002 - Global Health Issues

Focuses on global health and illness from a macroscopic perspective. This course intends to provide an appreciation for the multidimensionality of health problems and potential solutions. World health will be examined with focus on the relationship between environment, demographic, and socioeconomic factors, culture and health beliefs, and the distribution of diseases. Interventions related to disease prevention and control will be explored.



Credits: 3