Apr 25, 2024  
2022-2023 Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HWP 342 - Advancing Health Equity: Domestic and Global Contexts (4)


Investigates the historic and present-day social, economic, and political influences on health around the world. exploring the ways that health is conceived of and measured at various levels, from local, to national and international. Considering the contributors to health of populations, available resources, and priorities, we will examine ways to effectively advance health equity. We will explore questions around at what points and in what ways health and our human rights are threatened, and discuss approaches for promoting and sustaining health justice, from the personal to the global. No credit given to students with credit for HWP 250. Prerequisite: HWP 310. Spring.