PHS-3654: Equity in Rural Health

Description: Exploration of the socioeconomic, behavioral, biological, environmental and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities. Introduction to concepts surrounding rural health equity, including: (i) defining rurality; (ii) identifying social determinants of health; (iii) reviewing the history of the US public health systems and policies tasked with improving rural health; (iv) describing critical health disparities impacting rural communities (such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health and substance use disorders), and the drivers of these disparities; and, (v) (v) assessing health of special populations living in rural communities, such as maternal, newborn, adolescent and child health, aging populations, migrant populations, and LGBTQ+ populations (vi) discussing the assessment, planning, policies, and interventions which can be implemented to improve the health of rural communities at the population level.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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