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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PUBH 311 - Cross Cultural Practices for Health and Medicine


Description:
Course examines beliefs, values, biases, and other culturally-driven variables affecting, and reflecting, societal health status and outcomes. Students will consider issues and strategies, and learn to connect with people and systems, in new ways. Course will be offered every year (Fall, Spring).

 

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Recognize the breadth and impact of cultures and cultural definitions as related to health status and outcomes.
  • Demonstrate self-awareness about culturally-driven beliefs, values, norms, and biases in personal models of desirable health, medical, and related social outcomes.
  • Identify changeable health and social outcomes impacted by the ways culture has been inadequately considered as part of community health and medical care strategies.
  • Describe the role of beliefs, values, norms, and other cultural nuances as levers to improve health outcomes for individuals and communities.
  • Explain a positive health status or outcome experienced by a group, community, or society as a function of its social, psychological, and/or culturally diverse experiences. 
  • Analyze a community’s health-relevant decisions, policies, or status as related to local, national, regional, and/or global cultures.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/4/18



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