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CS92PROD
Healthy Places: Practice, Policy and Population Health


PSYC 325
Fall 2015
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: ENVS 325
Certificates: Environmental Studies
Course Cluster: Health Studies

The built environment influences many aspects of health and well-being: psychological stressors (crime, noise, and violence), what people eat, the water they drink, the air they breathe, where (or if) they work, the housing that shelters them, where they go for health care, what social networks are available for support, how political power is distributed and public resources allocated. How cities, suburbs, and rural areas are managed; local policy; and planning and design decisions can all help determine whether the places we live will be threats to public health, and perhaps more importantly, to an aging society.

The focus of this course connects the fields of planning, psychology, and public health to explore contemporary challenges (and innovations) in the 21st-century built environment. Students will explore the multiple forces that impact population health, how to analyze these determinants, and what roles planning and public health agencies, as well as other institutions such as local governments, civil society, the private sector, and communities themselves, can play in research and action aimed at improving physical and mental health.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ENVS
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

Last Updated on DEC-13-2024
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