PUBH 738 - Place-Based Community Health Transformations (3)

This course explores the ways in which community health transformation takes place, inviting students to consider the range of who, what, where, when, why, and how of community health transformation. We will learn about cultural context, purpose, and approaches to supporting and promoting community health from community coeducators in Western North Carolina communities. We also will engage with models such as Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Community-Based Participatory Research and Action (CBPRA) and readings and media by various authors. Students will consider the roles of history, perspective, relationships, trust, and other key course concepts in their own work and the work of communities. Highlighted activities and assignments include visits to/with community co-educators, a community-collaborative project, and an independent community health transformation analysis project. Prerequisites: SPHG 711, 712, 713. Fall.