Health Policy and Equity

Catalog description

The objective of this course is to provide students with a broad overview of the role of policy in population health, relevant equity-focused frameworks, the organization of the US healthcare system, comparative healthcare systems, and the policymaking process. This course will teach and assess students’ competency to: Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings Apply ethical principles to public health practice Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity.