Women’s Health: Community Engagement and Research (eve)

Women’s Health: Community Engagement and Research | Thursday evening from 6-9:45 pm, Remote

This class will explore foundational concepts and operating principles in the field of public health with a focus on women’s health. We will study some of persistent challenges in the field of public health through cases in various global communities.  What is community engaged research? What is the relationship between challenges communities face and their cultural and physical environment? How do researchers work with communities in understanding these challenges? What roles do local community members especially women play in identifying practices and solutions existing in the community?  How do we define and measure success in various cultural settings? How can we make public health intervention’s success sustainable in communities experiencing gross disparity in health and economic resources? Students are encouraged to choose public health and health policy topics to further research the health consequences in women. Reading, class discussion, in class practices, written responses and a final presentation of analysis of reliable data sources will be the mode of our collaborative inquiry and learning.

This course will benefit students who have academic and career interests in Human Biology, Social Services, Women’s studies, Biomedical Sciences, Medical History, Health and Wellness, Public Health and Health Policies.

Course Objectives:  Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Gain comprehensive knowledge on women’s health and women’s health disparities from the population perspective.
• Recognize vital components to a successful community engaged research.
• Employ knowledge of women’s health and public health research as a means of communicating ideas on possible change and improvement.

Required Texts and Supplies:

 Richard Pascale et al (2010), The Power of Positive Deviance: how unlikely innovators solve the world’s toughest problems, Harvard Business Press, Boston, Massachusetts; ISBN: 978-1-4221-1066-9

* Students may take Monday class “Women’s Health: Vital topics” to gain further depth in their learning and earn total of 10 credits.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

5 - Research in Public Health of Women