Migrant & Refugee Health.

Catalog description

Students use integrative frameworks to analyze the mental, physical, social, and health issues of migrant and refugee populations. Students evaluate population health issues facing these diverse groups; the effect of their home country on their level and quality of health; the cultural, social, and religious barriers to health; the ramification of war zones and humanitarian crises; the effect of man-made and natural disasters in their home country; and the political, legal, and economic constraints to health and social services in the US and other countries. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Public Health Program, or permission of instructor.