The ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program will be offering for the Spring 2010 semester the course: Ethnic Health & Health Disparities: MPH 6008. . This course is one of the foundation courses of the entire program. It is a course that is not offerred at many other universities so this is a very special class.
Course Objectives:
1. Identify and assess the major health issues associated with specific ethnic and health disparity populations in the United States;
2. Describe ethnic and health disparity isues, including its unique and important features; and
3. Apply principles and strategies derived from public health and medical anthropology toward planning, implementing and evaluating specific ethnic health and health disparities intervention programs.
In addition to the course objectives, one of the requirements for students in this course is to conduct an applied ethnic health & health disparities fieldwork project or proposal. If you would like to see a listing of some of my former student projects from this class, go to my Course Happenings Blog at: http://blogs.aos.ecu.edu/anth-baileye
Once students complete this course, they feel like they have discovered a brand new orientation and appreciation for all the ethnic and health disparity groups in the U.S. and abroad. That’s what I really like about this course – it challenges our stereotypes and moves us to a culturally competent approach to public health and medical care.
Send me an email if you have any questions concerning this course: MPH 6008 – Ethnic Health & Health Disparities