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School of Medicine

Epidemiology and Community Health

EPID 622 Maternal and Child Health

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: EPID 571. Exposes students to current issues in maternal and child health (MCH) primarily using a domestic perspective. Students will learn about key MCH topics including intergenerational risk factors, low birth weight, infant mortality, developmental disabilities and childhood obesity. Students will use epidemiological methods to evaluate MCH data to determine risk and protective factors for women and children, and describe how these data guide public health policy and program-planning efforts.

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