Cultural Competency and Global Public Health

Catalog description

This course explores global and international dimensions of public health. Students consider epidemiological, political, behavioral, sociological, cultural and medical aspects associated with variations in health and disease of individuals and populations. Coursework examines a range of public health issues for developing countries and for affluent industrialized societies, and population-based public health approaches used in solving global health issues are introduced. In addition, students will examine assumptions made about their cultural competency and how to work with populations who might share different values than their own.