COMMUNITY RESOURCE NAVIGATOR: SERVICE LEARNING

CSCS 500

Explores global health and well-being from a community perspective and through the holistic lens of human ecology. Respectful community-engagement, evidence-based practice, and making the local to global connection are key themes. Almost everything we do has an impact on our own health and that of our communities and the world. Prepares students for community-oriented global health engagement. Consider the nature of community and different types of communities, both locally and globally. Reflect on experiences in communities where you have lived or called home. Review the concept of health and well-being, and evidence-based practice. Learn basic principles of asset-based participatory community research and study, compare and contrast case examples from around the world.

RP&SE 520

Provides an introduction to the concepts and processes of case management, including case planning, service coordination, referral to and utilization of other disciplines, and client advocacy; and integrating community resources and services for rehabilitation planning with persons with disabilities. Emphases on the basic principles of supporting persons with disabilities within clinical and service systems. Fosters knowledge and understanding of how theories and research translate into appropriate case management practices and explores the case management roles and processes involved in integrated, interdisciplinary, and community service settings.

NUTRSCI 540

The foundations and practice of community nutrition and health equity. Factors and resources affecting community nutrition programs and delivery of nutrition and education programs to diverse communities and vulnerable populations.

S&APHM 703

Apply principles of community engagement in the field of health services research. Read and interpret relevant articles, and discuss implications of these readings. Learn existing models and practical approaches for successfully partnering with community stakeholders to address health and medication-related needs through research.

LEGALST 473

Engage in service learning through direct work with patients in the Community Resource Navigator Program. Develop a better understanding of how social determinants of health equity affect peoples' lives. Partner with patients to identify social and legal services, assist patients in connecting to needed resources, follow up with patients to be sure that the connection was made and evaluate the quality of the resources provided. Reflect on experiences in the clinic and further explore how social location impacts health, legal and social service delivery. Working directly in local primary care clinics will provide the opportunity to communicate directly with the health care team to problem solve barriers patients are facing in accessing resources for their social needs.