Community Foundations (DHYG 3364)

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.?
Course code: DHYG 3364
Credits: 7.0
Length: 114.0 hours
Course outline: view https://www.vcc.ca/vccphp/courseoutline?subject=DHYG&number=3364
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Additional Information

  • 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

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

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† 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.