Poverty and Public Health

Catalog description

This course examines the nature and extent of poverty in the United States, focusing on the causes and consequences of poverty, how these are complex and intersectional, and its implications for public health. The course also explores how we measured and defined poverty and how poverty conceptions are socially constructed and shaped by history. The course also examines U.S. policies and programs for low-income families, including health-related policies. It looks at how social policies seek to ameliorate poverty and other forms of social disadvantage. Finally, the course explores public health’s role in addressing and eliminating poverty through policy and practice.