Transcript title

Global and Community Health

Credits

6

Grading mode

Standard letter grades

Total contact hours

60

Lecture hours

60

Course Description

Explores the concepts of epidemiology and disease transmission, comprehensive assessment of risk factors and health problems, program planning and intervention, environmental health, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team from a theoretical and scientific framework. The nursing process is applied to promote and preserve the health of populations.

Course learning outcomes

1. Identify current global health issues and concerns, policies, processes, programs, and practices that contribute to and hinder global health improvement.
2. Analyze holistic comprehensive and focused assessments of diverse communities, groups, and populations.
3. Critically analyze evidence-based practice guidelines/research and nursing and interdisciplinary theories that support quality outcomes in the care of diverse communities, groups, and populations.
4. Utilize program and policy strategies to address the burden of diseases both locally and globally.
5. Engage in purposeful collaboration and communication within a team to develop plans of care for communities, groups, and populations considering social determinants of health.

Content outline

1. Introduction to global health issues and concerns that help or hinder global health improvement.
2. Epidemiology and disease transmission.
3. Assessments and risk factors of diverse communities, groups, and populations.
4. Evidence-based practice guidelines and research related to the care of diverse groups, communities, and populations.
5. Nursing and interdisciplinary theories that support quality population outcomes.
6. Program planning and interventions that address the burden of disease.
7. Interdisciplinary plans of care for diverse populations.
8. Healthy People 2030.
9. Social determinants of health.

Required materials

Textbook required.