HLTH 2700 - Consumer Health Issues

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Utah Tech University

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This course examines factors associated with the marketplace for health-related products and services. Topics will include medical quackery, fraudulent health practices; laws and agencies protecting the consumer. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of health services, products, and alternative medicine. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of laws and agencies protecting the consumer. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of vulnerable populations. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of health care fraud and the implications to the health industry. 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of personal responsibility to improve population health. 6. Demonstrate an understanding of the accumulation of individual health measures in evaluating population health. FA

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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