HED 411 - Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Management (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

Description:
This course introduces students to the principles of emergency public health preparedness and management. Students will learn about natural and unnatural emergencies/disasters and the processes of preparedness, response, and mitigation in local, state, federal and global settings. (Put on reserve 9/16/19, will go inactive 8/24/22)

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Recognize and describe various natural and unnatural disasters and emergencies in public health.
Identify common strategies in disaster preparedness and response in public health.
Demonstrate an ability to distinguish between various types of emergencies/disasters.
Design a disaster preparedness and mitigation plan.
Evaluate the effectiveness of various scenarios of response and management.

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