Community Health in Oaxaca

3 credits · Undergraduate

This global seminar invites students to engage critically with historical, and contextual dimensions of community public health and clinical medicine. It is centered on the experiences of Mexican and Indigenous people of the Oaxacan region, and examines how health systems, community stakeholders, and national and global health governance shape health systems, knowledge production, and practices of care in health care delivery systems. The seminar is grounded in understanding local community and the lived experiences of community members in health system decision-making. Through participation in clinical shadowing, community service projects, and dialogue with local and regional leaders, participants will gain insight into how how inequities in funding and expertise, and structural and social determinants of health influence who benefits from health programs. Through critical reflection, participants will gain conceptual and practical tools for global health practice, cultural humility, and understanding of the broader political and historical barriers to equitable, accountable health systems.