Vulnerable Populations

Catalog description

Three hours lecture per week Assists the learner to evaluate multicultural (including Chicana/o, Latina/o, and other communities of color in the U.S.) and psychosocial factors that create vulnerable populations, and understand health care issues resulting from vulnerability. Presents concepts of vulnerable populations: health indicators, health determinants, and health disparities. Explores vulnerable populations from global, national, and local perspectives. Implications for research, practice, and policy are examined.