Women's Health Iss - A Public Health Approach to Care & Pol

Catalog description

Consistent with the emerging definitions of women’s health and women’s health practice, this course examines a full range of health issues unique to women. Women’s health specialization includes prevention, the societal and political determinants of health, patient education and reconceptualization of women’s relationships with health care providers. Health assessment and maintenance as well as disease identification and treatment will be presented on a wellness to illness continuum. Students develop a woman-centered holistic approach to care--the central concept in women’s health nursing practice.