HEALTH EQUITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

NURSING 437

Learn principles and practices of social justice related to nursing and health in local and global settings. Concepts include health determinants, diverse populations in complex care settings, health outcomes, and interventions for racial and other underrepresented minorities. Expand the understanding of global health by examining global health systems, health and illness concepts on a global level, partnerships enacted in global settings, and the scope of nursing practice in global health. Provides a facilitated forum to critically reflect on their socially constructed identities and the impact these identities have on health care systems. Designed to develop perspective related to global health and nurses as global health actors invested in improving health of the global population as a whole.

PUBLHLTH 790

Integrate public health knowledge, skills and practice acquired through didactic and experiential courses to find solutions to complex public health issues using public health tools and models that apply systems thinking, cultural humility and evidence-based decision making, framed within a social justice perspective.

FAMMED 712

Introduction to issues in health care provided in diverse communities. Topics include cultural issues in medicine, health disparities, cross-cultural communication, culture and resiliency, historical background and ethics, civil rights in practice and minority health care professionals.

NURSING 800

Examination of key concepts in health disparities and health equity as they apply to nursing and related health research. Identification of structural and social determinants of equity that shape health at multiple levels, across the health and wellness continuum, in all health domains and throughout the life course. Emphasis on implications for the design, conduct, interpretation, and dissemination of nursing and health research.

LAW/NURSING 768

Interdisciplinary health advocacy clinic providing broad individual and system advocacy for patients facing life changing health events. Advocacy topics include: medical decision-making, insurance, medical debt, disability and related policies and laws.