HLTH 406 - Global Health

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture-discussion per week Prerequisite: Senior standing and ANTH 443; or Consent of Instructor Description: Examines a range of contemporary global health topics through an interdisciplinary lens, focusing on how social inequality, race, class, gender, environmental changes, politics, economics, and history have shaped and continue to shape health access and outcomes. Gives students a working knowledge of theories, methods, and key terms in global health, a historical overview of the field, and in-depth examinations of specific health issues. Themes include: communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal-child health, ecological determinants of health, international development and global aid work, and systematic approaches to addressing global health disparities. Course is reading-, writing-, and discussion-intensive.

Meeting Information

Info current as 12/21/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
W  9:00 AM  -  11:50 AM  Sierra Hall 1411 8/24/2024 - 12/14/2024 Lydia Dixon

Status: Open
Class Number: 2330
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/24/2024 - 12/14/2024
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 29
Available Seats: 1
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780190647940
Title: Foundations of Global Health
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Brown

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Includes any In Person Meeting