Week 1 Discussion:What is Public Health

Week 1 Discussion:What is Public Health

Week 1 Discussion:What is Public Health?

Please visit one of the websites listed below. There you will find free web-based courses on Public Health and Field Epidemiology and an overview from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. After completing the Orientation to Public Health, the Field Epidemiology courses or the What is Public Health? website, please discuss two things you learned about public health and how it affects your life. How is this information relevant to understanding the important concepts of Public Health? List all references and share URLs in your posting.

Website: Orientation to Public Health

http://www.phtc-online.org/learning/pages/catalog/oph/

Website: Field Epidemiology

http://www.phtc-online.org/learning/pages/catalog/fe/

Website: What Is Public Health?

http://www.apha.org/what-is-public-health

Website: The Social determinants of health

http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/98438/e81384.pdf