Diasporic Healthcare and the Creolization of Health and Medicine: Cabo Verde and the United…

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This course aims to critically investigate the health status of Cabo Verde and its diasporic immigrants. This course is an introduction to the global burden of disease and the social determinants of health, which prove to be vitally relevant to our current understanding of healthcare and equity. Further, contextualizing contemporary health issues such as health inequity and inaccessibility with historical inquiry is important to further improve current systems of health care and management. The goal of this course is to define diasporic healthcare, navigate the complexities of Cabo Verdean creolization, and understand the interactions history, heritage, and health have with one another. The class will take a mandatory GELT-funded trip to Praia, Cabo Verde. More information on this trip can be found in the syllabus.