Designing Interventions for Population Health

Three credits · Undergraduate

This advanced course explores current trends with respect to the design and implementation of sustainable evidence-based interventions for at-risk populations. Topics include preventative medicine, universal design, rural healthcare, pediatric rehabilitation, assistive technology, accessibility, knowledge mobilisation and community-engaged scholarship. The evidence-based motor activities with X (MAX) lab component encourages students to transfer theoretical knowledge to different community-based intervention settings while working with at risk populations. Credit will be granted for only one of HKIN 457, HKIN 437 or HKIN 495 (2017-2018). Prerequisites: HKIN 161/162 or 151/152 or BIOL 251/252; HKIN 265 or 365. Three credits and lab.