ESPERANZA COMMUNITY-ENGAGED RESEARCH WITH LATINES
Introduction to the development and implementation of community-engaged research and programming for Latine populations with "Esperanza," an innovative university-community partnership with Centro Hispano of Dane County. Community-engaged research draws on interdisciplinary research and practice across education, psychology and public health that seeks to disrupt, mitigate, and eliminate mental health disparities among local Latine populations. Learn the principles of community-engaged research and apply them through the development of mutually beneficial, reciprocal, effective, equitable, and justice-oriented community-university projects.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: CHICLA/COUN PSY 525 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, for 2 number of completions Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify guiding principles of community-engaged research with Latines based on the social, cultural, linguistic, and historical influences on this population. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop equitable, effective, and culturally informed collaborations with Latine-serving community partners. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Apply principles of community-engaged scholarship to develop and implement projects that promote health equity and justice through a strengths-based approach for local Latine communities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Relate the content and course skills to an interdisciplinary health profession role of scientist-practitioner-advocates to promote effective research with culturally diverse populations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate trauma-informed scholarly peer-reviewed publication with healing-centered Latine and indigenous epistemologies Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify guiding principles of community-engaged research with Latines based on the social, cultural, linguistic, and historical influences on this population. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop equitable, effective, and culturally informed collaborations with Latine-serving community partners. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Apply principles of community-engaged scholarship to develop and implement projects that promote health equity and justice through a strengths-based approach for local Latine communities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Relate the content and course skills to an interdisciplinary health profession role of scientist-practitioner-advocates to promote effective research with culturally diverse populations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate trauma-informed scholarly peer-reviewed publication with healing-centered Latine and indigenous epistemologies Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
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Catalogue variants
- ESPERANZA COMMUNITY-ENGAGED RESEARCH WITH LATINES · 3 credits.