Community Engaged Approaches To Population Health Improvement

3 credits · Graduate

This course will introduce learners to the concept of community engagement (CE), examine the arguments and empirical evidence for its value, explain the variety of approaches to CE, introduce available resources (local, national, and international) that support the practice of CE, engage students with case studies (primarily international) that illustrate the practice of CE, and provide both didactic and experiential education in that practice. In addition to reading and discussion, students will contribute to an ongoing CE project and will be asked to reflect on the ways in which that project reflects what they are learning in class.