Description
Prerequisites: ENG 102; PUH 111
This course will give students a beginning knowledge of the literature on health disparities and a solid understanding of some of the causes of these disparities. Students successfully completing the course will be able to describe and analyze the patterns of health disparity affecting various racial/ethnic, gender, income and sexual orientation groups, including health indicators, rates of disease, and health-related behaviors. They will also use theoretical strategies to understand/explain health disparities. Students will also describe and analyze the determinants of health disparities for American Indian groups, including social, political, and economic factors. This course will use examples of health disparities on the Navajo Nation was well as the many positive community-based strategies to address these dispartities and decrease their likelihood in the future.