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CHS 701

Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Health

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

This course explores the role of cultural, behavioral and social dynamics in public health research, theory, and practice.

Units

Lecture3

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and systemic levels.
  • assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health.
  • apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs.
  • design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention.
  • describe the importance of cultural humility in communicating public health content.
  • apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative.