Public Policy for Health and Health Equity

Three credits · Graduate

This course will introduce students to the key concepts, ideas, actors, institutions, and agendas involved in public policy efforts directed towards health and wellbeing and health equity, with a focus on Canada. Students will study the various influences, including jurisdictional responsibilities and intersecting policy areas, that shape health policy. Students will analyze public policy as a structural determinant of health and well-being, as well as how public policy attempts to address the social and structural determinants of health and health equity issues. Prerequisites: HEEQ 501, 502. Three credits.