Program Overview

Program Overview

The PUBLHLTH713 GLOBAL HEALTH: NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, AND FOOD SECURITY program is a 2-credit course that provides opportunities for learning in the areas of globally important non-communicable diseases. This includes type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and developmental and acquired disabilities, as well as the global epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, health determinants, and indigenous health beliefs and practices.

Program Details

• The program presumes some background and understanding of basic principles of health and addresses topics at a graduate level.
• The course designation is Grad 50%, meaning it counts toward 50% of the graduate coursework requirement.
• The program is not repeatable for credit.
• The last time the program was taught was in Fall 2025.

Learning Outcomes

• Compare and contrast the principles of demographic transition, epidemiologic transition, and nutrition transition.
• Analyze the role of five categories of social determinants of health in the development and successful management of non-communicable diseases.
• Predict ways in which traditional medical beliefs/practices could positively and negatively affect health outcomes for a non-communicable disease.
• Categorize how the challenges of prevention, diagnosis, management, and cure are the same or different for communicable and non-communicable diseases.
• Defend the statement that the dual burden of disease reduces the capacity of low-resource health systems to improve public health outcomes.
• Assess the challenges that both types of malnutrition (over-nutrition, under-nutrition) pose for the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and nations.
• Justify the fundamental relationship between mental health and overall wellbeing, including an evaluation of how societal norms, the legal system, and the pharmaceutical supply chain affect the management of mental health.

Audience

The program is designed for graduate students.

Requisites

• Graduate/professional standing, or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Global Health.