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Curriculum

Other course options may exist. To determine eligibility of an elective, please contact your academic advisor and/or HDIC Coordinator, Carol Francis, before enrolling in the course or adding it to your course listing form.

Core HDIC and SPH Courses

CSpH 5115

6800
Cap-stone

6055

6066

6281

6628

6675

6705

6800
CMH

6885

6800
HDR

Learning Objectives

Learn about the extent and nature of these disparities, and methods for documenting and measuring the gaps in health achievement

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Analyze the roots of health disparities in our cultural histories and the process by which these gaps are generated and perpetuated

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Understand the roles of our systems of healthcare and public health in generating health disparities

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Explore potential practice and policy solutions for eliminating health disparities

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Recognize the unique and integral role of cultural communities and social groups in defining the problems and directing the solutions associated with their health

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Core HDIC Courses

CSpH 5115 - Cultural Knowledge, Health, and Contemporary Cultural Communities, 3 credits
PubH 6800 - Health Disparities Capstone Seminar, 1 credit

SPH HDIC Courses

(Selected Courses Listed On The Grid)

PubH 6055 - Social Inequities in Health (2)
PubH 6066 - Community Building and Health (2)
PubH 6281 - Immigrant Health Issues (3)
PubH 6390 - Social Epidemiology (2)
PubH 6606 - Children's Health: Issues, Policies & Programs (2)
PubH 6628 - Race, Class, and Family Formation (1)
PubH 6634 - Advocacy and Children's Rights (2)
PubH 6675 - Women's Health (2)
PubH 6705 - Community Health Assessment (3)
PubH 6800 - Topics: Community Mental Health (CMH) (2)
PubH 6885 - Medical Sociology (3)
PubH 6800 - Topics: Health Disparities Research (HDR): Data, Measures and Methods (2)

Courses Outside the SPH

Anthropology
ANTH 5031 - Science as Cultural Practice
ANTH 5045 - Urban Anthropology

Humphrey Institute
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy, 3 credits
PA 5452 - Immigration and Public Policy, 3 credits

Nursing
NURS 5040H - Seeking Solutions to Global Health Issues (IP), 3 credits
NURS 5803 - Transcultural Nursing: Theories and Issues, 2 credits
NURS 5808 - American Indian Health and Health Care, 2 credits
NURS 6800 - Topics: Public Health Nursing for Refugee Populations, 1 credit
NURS 6800 - Topics: War and Public Health, 1 credit

Political Science
POL 8360 - Social Science Approaches to the Study of Inequality, 3 credits

School of Social Work
SW 8105 - Social Policy & Economic Security of Disadvantaged Populations, 3 credits

Sociology
SOC 8201 - Social Stratification and Mobility, 3 credits
SOC 8211 - Race Theories, 3 credits
SOC 8221 - Sociology of Gender, 3 credits
SOC 8735 - Sociology of Culture, 3 credits




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