Public Health (PUBH-BS), B.S.

Bachelor of Science

Public health is the science of preventing illness and disease and promoting evidence-based health practices. It is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. The population in question can be as small as a handful of people, or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents. The dimensions of health can encompass a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, as defined by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).