TRIMESTER CREDIT HOURS:  4
 
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK:  4

CONTACT HOURS PER TRI: 60
 
Course Description:  The issues of public health will be covered.  Such topics as resistance to disease, immunology, environmental factors in disease transmission and inhibition of disease, epidemiology, food microbiology and aquatic microbiology will be discussed.

 

MISSION, GOALS AND COURSE OBJECTIVES:

As discussed in the Mission Statement of the College, Doctor's of Chiropractic serve as primary health care providers.  In order to diagnose disease and interpret disease entities as they relate to the vertebral subluxation it is essential that the student have a sound background and a thorough understanding of the diseases covered in the Public Health course, the role of Public Health in the prevention of disease, the maintenance of health and the production of "wellness". The following are the overall goals of the Public Health course.  The objectives for each section are listed at the start of each lecture outline.

 

    1.    To understand the role of Chiropractic in Public Health
    2.    To understand the role of Public Health in a wellness based healthcare system
    3.    To understand the challenges that face Public Health in the future
    4.    To understand the impact that Public Health has had in improving the health status of the population
    5.    To understand why Public Health is important to people locally as well as worldwide

 

PREREQUISITES:  Cells and Tissues, Biochemistry, Physiology I