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Why are some communities “healthy,” while others seem to suffer disproportionately? How can we help build a culture of health across all communities? While minoring in global health, you will learn to recognize the importance of cultural belief systems and how they influence personal and communal health. Through coursework and community networking, you will learn to interpret health policy and identify areas of health-care change. Students will learn to analyze the different forms of health disparities and ways social systems affect health outcomes. The minor engages students in direct research and community-based projects that use data to promote evidence-informed health practices. The minor can complement any major and prepares students for careers in organizations with health-focused missions. For students intending to pursue careers in the health professions, the minor offers a distinctive credential in social, ethical and intercultural competencies.
Using a mixed-method approach, the global health minor is designed to leverage campus expertise alongside the work of our community partners to provide students with a distinctive, skills-based credential that is transferable across communities and health sectors. Students learn from diverse perspectives, develop community-based connections, and produce individualized projects that probe questions about the state and future of global health. Instructors with expertise across different fields and from leaders in community health departments, mental health agencies, addiction recovery centers and child advocacy agencies educate students about health challenges on a global scale.
SW 300: Diversity and Difference PSY 360: Emotion, Stress and Health SOC 411: Sociology of Mental Disorders
Using an interdisciplinary, mixed-method approach, the global health minor is designed to teach students to: 1. Recognize the importance of cultural belief systems and how they influence personal and communal health 2. Illustrate the different forms of health disparities and how social systems affect health outcomes 3. Recognize the relationship between economics, politics, and health policy and identify areas of health care change 4. Understand the research process and analyze data to promote evidence-informed health practices 5. Incorporate principles of ethics and social responsibility through civic engagement
Health Agencies Research Centers Education
Tauna Gulley, Ph.D.Professor of Nursing and Chair, RN-BSN Program(606) 218-5765taunagulley@upike.edu
Genesia Kilgore-Bowling, Ph.D., MSW, CSWProfessor of Social Work and Chair, School of Social Work(606) 218-5011gkilgore@upike.edu
Jessica Slade, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Biology(606) 218-5462JessicaSlade@upike.edu