HSCI 450 - Global Health Issues
Credits: (3)
Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Catalog Description
This course is intended to provide an interdisciplinary qualitative and quantitative
review of global health issues. It will focus on cultural variations in healthcare
delivery. It will provide a broad survey of the main facts, issues, perspectives,
methods, results and conclusions in the area of global populations and health. It
will address some of the unique qualities of ethnomedicine, variations in socioeconomic
status and the impact of societal variation on contemporary issues affecting global
health. The course will provide an opportunity for students to engage in discussions
of comparative regional health issues that impact healthcare delivery. The course
will facilitate the student’s ability to explain the significant role healthcare plays
in the global community.