This course enables learners to develop and apply foundational knowledge, skills and attitudes in population and public health principles and strategies to a novice level that enable individuals, groups, communities and populations to improve their health and well-being and reduce inequities. This course prepares the learner for Community Practice.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- The dental hygienist's role in community health
- Population health theories and models
- Health promotion and oral disease prevention communities and target populations
- Political, social, marketing, and economic influences on population health
- Epidemiology of oral disease
- Critical analysis of scientific literature
- Instructional methodology, elements of instruction, and adult learning principles
- Community program planning to address heatlh inequities
- Community development and capacity building
- Impacts of colonization on the health and well being of the Indigenous people of Canada
- Cultural safety and humility
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.