Critical Issues in Global Health

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The focus of this course will be on the current state of global health. The Institute of Medicine defines global health as "health problems, issues, and concerns that transcends national boundaries and maybe best addressed by cooperative action." The course will explore the best ways to solve the many issues and problems associated with global health. Methods of furthering productive partnerships transcending cultural differences and political boundaries will be presented. Applied real-world opportunities: Students will conduct an audit of their own "access" to health supports and environments and compare this familiar access to a different culture). Students will complete an agency review that offers services to immigrant and/or refugee populations. There will be a team project to collect health products for distribution.