Pathways and Interventions for Health Inequities

Catalog description

One of the three overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 is to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups. In this course, students will: (1) understand root causes of health inequities; (2) understand pathways from root causes to adverse health effects in some populations; (3) understand the populations most affected by health inequities and what makes them vulnerable; (4) assess specific public health strategies to mitigate the effects of the root causes and risk factors, and (5) understand principles of intervention design and optimization. The course will prepare students to identify and assess innovative intervention for addressing inequities.