Course Description


P8820   Avanced Topics in Global Health: Systems Thinking and Public Health Practice, 1.5 points

Prerequisites: P6810 or instructor permission

This course, the third in the sequence of courses for the Global Health Track, builds on Introduction to Global Health (PHGH P6810) and Priorities in Global Health (PHGH P6811). Maintaining a multidisciplinary focus, the course presents five case studies of global health programs for in-depth study. The course first introduces systems thinking and its application to public health. Using a case study approach, students will then study the global and regional politics and local social contexts in which global health problems occur and will learn to analyze the successes and shortcomings of global public health interventions from a systems perspective. The course is open to students enrolled in the Global Health Track, and to non track students who have taken Introduction to Global Health (or by instructor’s permission).