PHTH4602 (Private Guns, Public Health) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces a public health approach to preventing firearm violence in the United States. Reviews the epidemiologic basis for prevention approaches, including why reducing access to firearms can prevent suicide deaths; structural obstacles to gun violence research; and how researchers have tried to overcome these impediments. Covers perspectives on firearm violence prevention from medicine, criminology, law, and economics. Offers students an opportunity to synthesize concepts from prior coursework, especially from epidemiology, and bring this background to close reading and class discussion of journal articles. Focuses on how different study designs are well or ill suited to address pressing questions related to gun violence.
Data updated October 2026.