HSCI 450 - Global Health Issues

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
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.