Cost: $100 Free with Fall Online Badge Scholarship!
Explores how community and system-level factors shape the distribution of health and disease and influence health outcomes. Students examine differences in health practices, costs and access, and are introduced to systems-based approaches for improving care for complex populations.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this badge, students will be able to:
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- Describe the core functions and essential services of public health practice
- Identify prominent events in the history of public health
- Describe the delivery of the 10 essential public health services
- Search community health data
- Assess population health outcomes
Credit Hours
Success in this 0.5 credit hour course is based on the expectation that students will spend, for each unit of credit, a minimum of 7.5 hours over the length of the course in direct instruction as provided by the instructor and an additional 15 hours outside of class reading, reflecting, and evaluating the topics for a total of 22.5 hours.
Credit Criteria
Grading Scale: Badge/No Badge
Evaluation: 100% completion of badge criteria
Contact Hours for Professional Relicensure
Nursing: Nurses seeking Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) for a badge course, must submit an Individual Offering Approval (IOA) application to the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN) for official approval PRIOR to renewal of your nursing license. The IOA can be found on www.ksbn.org.
Social Workers: This program has been pre-approved by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board for continuing education for social workers. These course offerings are approved for 7.5 contact hours applicable for relicensure. (BSRB approval #05-001).
