Overview - PH 417: Public Health Interventions

After completing PH 417, learners will be proficient in applying principles derived from the basic public health sciences to planning, implementing, and evaluating public health interventions. Key aspects of this competency expectation include:

• listing general categories of public health programs and services
• describing the difference between community prevention and clinical preventive services
• describing the major steps in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a public health program
• describing how and when planning and evaluation occur during the life of a program
• defining and developing outcome, impact, and process objectives
• describing the relationships among activities, process measures, impact measures, and outcome measures in the evaluation of a program
• explaining the difference between doing things right and doing the right things within the context of a public health intervention

This course involves several learning activities; see the PH 417 Exercises document for detailed instructions.

• Content: the content for this course is provided in the specific readings and other resources identified in the PH 417 Exercises document.
• Office Hours: This messaging system was created to handle questions and announcements. Visit this site to introduce yourself to the course as well as to help you get familiar with the workings of the system.
• Exercises:
  1. Individual Exercise: submit the completed individual exercise under the link "Submit Assignments". Your instructor will provide feedback by replying to your posting.
  2. Conferencing Exercise: add your contribution to this multi-learner conferencing exercise.
  3. Assessment Quiz: complete and submit the multiple choice assessment quiz for PH 417.

The instructor will evaluate your responses to the various exercises and indicate when you have successfully completed PH 417. For learners interested in going beyond the basics, a list of additional resources, including readings and other materials, is available through the Additional Resources link. This list emphasizes the most up-to-date materials. Information on related courses is provided in the PH 410 Course Series Syllabus. Your next course can begin whenever you wish, so feel free to begin the readings that are identified for the course that you plan to take next.

PH 417 Overview last revised July 1, 2004 (bturnock)