Dissertation Proposal in Social Determinants of Health

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Pre-requisites: Have approved comprehensive exams. This course is an Integrative Learning Experience for doctoral students of Social Determinant of Health specialty. In this course, the student will, generate a field based written proposal to appraise and address the impact and plausible pathways by which conditions in the social, cultural, economic and political structures impinge on the possibilities of living a healthy life for all. The student will design a project that advances the practice of public health within the social determinant of health perspective for approval of the Dissertation Committee. The proposal must demonstrate the student's mastery in areas of public health such as leadership, social determinants of health, and the application of state of-the art knowledge and approaches to addressing public health problems. It is expected that student present in writing and orally a research proposal applying theoretical and methodological principles of public health.