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Nov 27, 2024
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COMH 210 - Strategies for Assessing Outcomes in Community Health
Semester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring
Community health professionals engage in very applied, multidisciplinary evaluation of programs that aim to improve access to care, the quality of care and cost of health care, and ultimately health and well-being. This course will give students an in-depth understanding of the epidemiological tools and techniques available to track the health status of communities, to examine trends in morbidity and mortality, and to assess and compare rates of disease, risk and outcomes. Students will examine the challenges to program outcomes brought about by differential access to care, care quality and costs of services. Strategies for overcoming complexities associated with cross-sector collaborations, fragmented health systems and designing effective programs that bridge different organizations with very disparate capacities to conduct health research, will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Students who have never taken an evaluation course or who do not have equivalent professional experience must take RES 258 prior to registering for this course. In addition, COMH 210 is part of a three-course sequence, and COMH 208 must be taken the semester prior to registering for this course. Students may take these courses out of sequence with adviser approval only. May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.
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