ECOLOGY OF CHILD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

HDFS 516

Examines family stress and resilience across the life cycle from psychological, sociological, and biosocial perspectives. Explores research relating to normative and non-normative family stress and resiliency factors. Topics include parenting, poverty, violence, work-family balance, aging, health and wellness and others.

HDFS 253

Provides detailed examination of careers in Human Ecology and the fields of human development and family studies (HDFS). High level leaders working in a variety of professions related to the HDFS major will present as guest speakers (e.g., counseling, school psychology, family life education, early childhood education, child life, social work, health care, occupational therapy).

HDFS 761

Research and theories about development from the prenatal period to middle childhood, emphasizing a relational approach and contemporary research (both content and methods). Explores diversity in early development in the US and internationally.

GEN&WS 527

Concentrating social and ecological environments as well as that of the body, focuses on the toxic effects of late industrialism, epigenetics and maternal/fetal health as well as destabilizing ideas about "normal" reproduction. Examine how the possibilities for expanding the scope from maternal/fetal health to "parent/child" health - where kinship is not strictly about biologic belonging or coming "straight from the womb," but also about love and a safe home or chosen family. Undergirding our analysis is an "eco-social" approach, guided by questions of what constitutes "health," access to living a healthy life - in a body and on a planet that feels safe to inhabit.

HDFS 766

Specialized subject matter of current interests. Literature, research, and current trends, with implications for teaching, parent education, and other professions.