Health Equity: Policy and Advocacy.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. Prerequisite: HADM 662 . Enrollment is restricted to graduate students. This course facilitates development of skills to understand and influence policy process. It applies advocacy skills to influence policies that affect health equity. At the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of policy process, identify policy leverage points, demonstrate the ability to advocate for policies that address health disparities and promote health equity, and further crystalize the community partnership for their final health equity project if applicable.