公共卫生的重点是预防疾病，延长寿命和促进健康。它基于对健康的多学科理解，使您能够通过考虑人类行为的多变，身体环境，健康的社会经济和文化决定因素以及疾病预防和治疗系统来探索和检查疾病和福祉的基础。医疗保健管理。<br> <br>公共卫生专业将广泛概述公共卫生及其面临的关键问题。您将学习如何衡量，规划，管理和评估健康计划和服务，以预防疾病并促进社区的健康。为了建立对该领域的核心理解，您将研究公共卫生的基础学科，包括：流行病学，生物统计学，卫生系统，环境卫生和社会科学。
Public health focuses on preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health. It is founded upon a multidisciplinary understanding of health that allows you to explore and examine the basis of disease and well-being by considering the vagaries of human behaviour, the physical environment, the socio-economic and cultural determinants of health, and the systems of health care management.<br><br>The Public Health major will provide a broad overview of public health and the critical issues it confronts. You will learn how to measure, plan, manage and evaluate health programs and services to prevent illness and promote good health in communities. To establish core understanding of this field, you will examine the foundational disciplines of public health including: epidemiology, biostatistics, health systems, environmental health and social sciences.