Beyond Health Care: Understanding How Social Drivers Impact Health Around the World

Catalog description

Using the WHO CSDH framework, this interdisciplinary course combines insights from sociology, public health, policy, psychology, and epidemiology to provide students with a holistic perspective on the multifaceted nature of health disparities. We will use a combination of didactic learning, global health case studies, small group discussions, and team projects, that will allow students to examine health and health equity in the context of social, political and economic factors and follow implications for community and population health. Case studies will focus on issues that are currently facing the world, including, pandemics, non-communicable diseases, conflict, and migration.