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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HHSC 322 Public Health


3 semester hours

This course will emphasize the role of built, social, and political environments as determinants of public health in geographic communities and among communities of workers. Provides an overview of population dynamics (growth/decline, distribution, fertility, morbidity, migration, maternal and child health). Includes occupational and community-level assessment of medical risks, pollution, sanitation, disability, injury, and death. Will also address primary occupational hazards and the potential for direct and indirect impact on the health of surrounding communities.