Apply public health concepts to complex humanitarian emergencies: Discuss the role of public health professionals in a current complex humanitarian emergency.
Your Signature Assignment is your opportunity to combine what you have learned throughout this class and to show how you meet the learning outcomes of your program. For this assignment: Select a population with a health disparity in your community. Describe the factors that contribute to the disparity: social, racial, cultural, environmental, religious, etc. What […]
Our current healthcare system is ill-equipped to deal with mental health issues, especially among people from various ethnic and racial backgrounds. Select an ethnicity/race other than your own. For this assignment: Define ethnomedicine for the selected ethnicity/race and correlate to cultural values. Discuss some of the reasons that hinder access to the appropriate mental health […]
Gathering information is an essential purpose of fieldwork. However, fieldwork is also important for building relationships and identifying personal biases and assumptions. Discuss three challenges that often deter public health professionals from conducting community-based fieldwork prior to implementing a project or program. How would you encourage someone facing that challenge? Read “Overcoming Fieldwork Challenges in […]
