Public health actions should be informed by data, and opportunities to use data that can inform public health interventions are everywhere. In this course, you will build your dataand evidence-based public health skills and confidence. You will explore trusted and reliable sources of public health data and look for themes and disparities that can answer your questions about a community's health and wellbeing.

You will identify factors in your own community that contribute to positive or negative public health outcomes and practice supporting your perspective with data. Finally, you will connect those factors to the organizations and services that can help address them, offering recommendations you can use to serve and improve the health of the community in which you live or work.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Public Health Foundations
• Assessing and Implementing Public Health