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The Department of Applied Health Sciences is one of eight departments in the College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services.

The departmental programs focus on health promotion, individual and population health-related behavior changes as well as on the prevention of chronic and communicable illnesses, injuries, and accidents. The ultimate goal of all the programs in the department is to improve quality of life for both individuals and communities.

About Hlth 341 at ISU:

An introduction to the scientific method and those research methods most applicable to health and safety. Includes interpreting scientific research; research design; sampling methods; and data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. Current text: Baumgartner, T. A. & Hensley, L. D. (2006). Conducting & reading research in health & human performance (4^th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to complete the following:

1.   Understand the scientific method and apply it to health and safety professions.

2.   Identify credible sources of information.

3.    Write abstracts of research articles.

4.    Conduct reviews of literature to formulate research hypotheses.

5.   Collect and analyze scientific data.