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Health Equity & the Foundations of Public Health Practice

Spring 2024

Details

Credit

3

Mode

Online

Component

Lecture

Meets

Online February 1, 2024 - May 10, 2024

Description

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to graduate level public health practice through a health equity lens. Together with SPHHS 615, this course will allow you to grapple with important questions of racism, justice and health to understand the many complex factors that contribute to the health of our nation and its peoples. You will be encouraged to think about the ways in which you will accomplish the mission of public health (i.e., assuring the conditions in which everyone can be healthy) through critical self-reflection of your own perspectives on the health of the population.

Eligibility


Open to Graduate students only.

Notes

UWW class; $75/term reg. fee + $653/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/uww/resources/refund-policy.

Open to PHP, Worcester MPH, and online MPH-Nutrition students only until 12/4, then open to all graduate students.

Dates

Start Date

February 1, 2024

End Date

May 10, 2024

Subject Details

Subject Description

School of Pub Hlth & Hlth Sci

Subject

SPHHS

Catalog Number

605

Class Number

19770

Catalog Details

Course ID

123672

Section

01

Class Attributes

CPRG: NUTR, CPRG: PHP, CPRG: WOR

Academic Career

GRAD

Meeting

On-Line

Annotation

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