Overview
Description
This course explores the role of cultural, behavioral and social dynamics in public health research, theory, and practice.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
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.