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Health Across the Life Span (Frameworks, Contexts and Measurements) OpenCourseWare: Undergraduate Health Studies Course by Johns Hopkins University

Published Jan 12, 2009

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This course looks at the health of people across their life span and the patterns found in human growth and development. 'Health Across the Life Span: Frameworks, Contexts and Measurements' is an OpenCourseWare offered by the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. Students study topics, such as the biological and environmental elements that influence health across life spans and the health of populations in various geographic areas. Undergraduate students interested in public health and health policy will find this course beneficial.

Health Across the Life Span: Frameworks, Contexts and Measurements: Course Specifics

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Health Across the Life Span: Frameworks, Contexts and Measurements: Course Description

This free course is based on a series of lectures presented by Henry Mosley and Kristin Mmari from the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins University. 'Health Across the Life Span: Frameworks, Contexts and Measurements' teaches students several important principles and concepts, including understanding the disease-based approach to the health of populations. Students will use a variety of metrics, including demographics, human development and the family unit in order to understand and quantify life span. In addition, students who complete this course will examine several behavior change models and learn the steps used to assess and evaluate factors that influence health. Course participants will investigate several case studies that examine health determinants and mortality according to sex and gender.

Materials for this course includes lecture notes that are available in downloadable MP3 files and a list of required readings for each of the lecture sessions. If you would like to take advantage of this free content, visit the health across the life span course page.

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