CHPH 325 Health Equity and Social Justice

5 credits

This course analyzes issues related to health disparity, and issues related to social justice, such as healthcare access, unequal treatment based on ethnicity, race, income, and strategies for supporting diverse populations to reduce disparity and influence public policy.

Prerequisites: PHIL 301

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

Explain the impact of health disparities as related to health behavior and outcomes, intervention strategies, public health policy, and healthcare access and quality
Investigate concepts in public health ethics and healthcare leadership and management, including the right to health care, public health research/bioethics, social justice, economic impacts, conflict between autonomy and health promotion strategies, and public health theory and practice
Consider cultural and behavioral factors that influence health status in individuals and populations

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50