PBHL 3200 - Health Equity

Goals: This course examines foundational concepts and principles related to advancing health equity and applies them in practice through contributions to a community project. Content covered will include: examples of health inequities and the historical and contemporary injustices that contribute to them; strategies to overcoming barriers to equity; and foundations related to assessing needs and assets of communities. Students in this course will have the opportunity to meet directly with collaborators working in the field of public health to produce a product to inform public health practice in the local community.

Content: Students will gain a better understanding of research on health disparities and interventions to promote health equity and antiracism.

Prerequisite: PBHL 1100 or SJSC 1110, grade of C- or higher

Credits: 4