Health Disparities: Applications in Clinical Settings

3 units

This course explores how membership in a diverse/special group can impact health and health care, the identification of barriers to research participation, and effective strategies for improving recruitment efforts of minority and underserved populations. Exploration of health care services and policies governing these services is also included. Students are encouraged to give critical thought to the question of what it means to deliver culturally competent care. The goal of this course is to understand what it means to create environments (social and otherwise) that help to make individuals and communities healthy.