Global Public Health Education

Catalog description

The course provides a survey of the field of global health, including health conditions, resources, and programs. Additional topics include the application of the principles of public health to health problems of countries around the world and global forces that affect health and health education. Topics covered include tobacco control, climate change, and environmental health; infectious and chronic diseases; infant mortality; women's health; occupational health issues; and human rights and ethics in global health and interventions. This course is designed to help students critically think about how to apply key concepts and skills that intersect with health behavior and health education to understand global health issues and analyze international health systems. Lastly, this course provides an overview of the structures and roles of international organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) in global health, as well as the concepts of global health architecture and global health security. Other topics include global health economics and financing, global health determinants of disease and health, global health care and public health innovations, and health care and public health systems evaluation. This course will include CITI Training, IRB application submission and 50 hours of practical immersion experience.