Global Health: Non-communicable Diseases, Poverty, Environmental Health, and Food Security
Recorded 2026-10-14 Spring 2027
Global Health: Non-communicable Diseases, Poverty, Environmental Health, and Food Security
Graduate-level course covering global non-communicable diseases, epidemiology, health determinants, indigenous practices, mental health, and food security.
offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Compare and contrast the principles of demographic transition, epidemiologic transition and nutrition transition.
Analyze the role of five categories of social determinants of health in the development and successful management of non-communicable diseases.
Predict ways in which traditional medical beliefs/practices could positively and negatively affect health outcomes for a non-communicable disease.
Categorize how the challenges of prevention, diagnosis, management and cure are the same or different for communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Defend the statement that the “dual burden of disease” reduces the capacity of low-resource health systems to improve public health outcomes.
Assess the challenges that both types of malnutrition (over-nutrition, under-nutrition) pose for the health and well-being of individuals, communities and nations.
Justify the fundamental relationship between mental health and overall wellbeing, including an evaluation of how societal norms, the legal system and the pharmaceutical supply chain affect the management of mental health.
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Prerequisites
Course mapGraduate/professional standing, or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Global Health Online
- Graduate/professional standing, or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Global Health Online
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- Graduate/professional standing, or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Global Health Online
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Online (some classroom) | 0 / 0 | 0 |
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the class
Provides opportunities that facilitate learning in the areas of globally important non-communicable diseases, including but not limited to type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and developmental and acquired disabilities; the global epidemiology of non-communicable diseases; health determinants and indigenous health beliefs and practices; mental health and wellness, including interpersonal violence and opioid abuse; and, food security, nutrition, and obesity. Presumes some background and understanding of basic principles of health and addresses topics at a graduate level.
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Topics
- Non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, disabilities)
- Global epidemiology of non-communicable diseases
- Health determinants and indigenous health beliefs
- Mental health, interpersonal violence, and opioid abuse
- Food security, nutrition, and obesity
Skills
- Comparing demographic, epidemiologic, and nutrition transitions
- Analyzing social determinants of health in NCD management
- Evaluating the impact of dual burden of disease on health systems
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