HLTH 406 - Global Health

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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.

Units: 3.00
Grading: Letter Grade

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1 01 2381 LEC MW  12:00 PM  -  1:15 PM  Bell Tower 1302 Lydia Dixon Course Closed Class Details Course Textbook Information In Person Class

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