Global Health: A Field Experience

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Using various lenses of primary health care and global health, and with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals, social determinants of health and socio-ecological model of health behaviors and outcomes, and epidemiologic methods, students will examine field approaches to diverse major global health issues. Students will accomplish virtual visits to key field operations of global public health programs as well as in supervised research and case studies, evaluate challenges facing varied levels of health professionals, community based organizations, and policy makers in making sustained progress to reduce, control or eliminate key global health problems facing diverse populations.