MN Study Option: Communities, Populations and Health

The Communities, Populations and Health curriculum option addresses health promotion and protection of communities and populations. The curriculum prepares graduates to collaborate with health care professionals and members of the community to address the health care needs of a complex and diverse society.

Students in this curriculum option:

• Focus on improvement of the health of populations, aggregates or communities—such as schools, neighborhoods or those with a common diagnosis, chronic illness or health care problem.
• Span traditional boundaries of governmental agencies, community organizations and health care settings by working in partnerships. Gain competencies in population or community assessment, program planning, community organization and change, and evaluation.
• Graduates function as advance nurses to design, implement and evaluate interventions and programs based on assessed community or population needs.

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