7 courses with the subject GPEH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GPEH 100Introduction to Global Public and Environmental Health1.0
Introduces students to critical global health issues and ways to address or solve them. The curriculum focuses on the following global health topics: infectious and chronic diseases, maternal/child health, immigrant and refugee health, the relationship between political and cultural processes and health, factors contributing to disparate health outcomes in population groups and how to measure those outcomes. The course is divided into two parts. The first emphasizes the distribution and determinants of disease causation in global contexts utilizing skills and methods in the discipline of global health. The second examines some of the most pressing contemporary global health concerns and contextualizes those concerns in cross- cultural and historical knowledge. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: None Liberal Arts Practices: None Core Component: None
GPEH 205Diet & Disease: Gender, Health, and Nutrition in Society
Provides fundamental knowledge for those interested in global health perspectives on the intersections of gender, nutrition, health, and disease in society. The role of nutrition in health promotion, practice, and disease prevention is examined from biological, social, and structural perspectives, taking the social determinants of health (SDoH) in particular as a central point of inquiry. Students have the opportunity to explore ways in which communities across cultures (many faced with increasing challenges of access to healthy food and the navigation of 'healthy weight' outcomes) grapple with and create strategies to improve local population health measures. For example, those in Madison County and surrounding areas are places where many in the population struggle with food availability and co-morbidities linked to poor nutrition such
Colonial states often justified their rule through a reference to the "civilizing mission," a central part of which was the provision of 'modern' health care and education. But what truly was the role of these programs in the exploitative colonial system? And how did they set the stage for global health programs, all the way to the present? Through an examination of the field of global health in the 19th and 20th century, this course explores the history of global health from its roots in colonial medicine to contemporary responses to Ebola. Using historical sources, it focuses on the social, political, economic histories of global health, discussing the relationship between public health interventions and violence, racial discrimination, and caretaking and empathy. Crosslisted: HIST 253 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
Offers students insight into critical analyses of and approaches to community health. Students learn about population-level public health approaches to health assessment, health promotion and disease prevention. Grounded in local communities and in collaboration with local partners/organizations, students develop the skills and conduct practical evaluation of regional health needs, garnering a holistic understanding of the pressing public health challenges and successes via applied practice. As part of the course, students learn historical and theoretical approaches to understanding health inequities in domestic and global contexts. At the end of the semester, students produce and present their findings for public and University audiences. The coursework and findings provide a springboard for ongoing community engagement and may be scaffolded and utilized in future community assessments, evaluations, and academic coursework. Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No First-year Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
A critical analysis of the cultural, social, political, and economic processes related to the field of global public health in Africa. Taking an anthropological approach, students identify the main actors, institutions, practices, and forms of knowledge production at work in contemporary public health interventions as they have arisen in African contexts. Coursework places current interventions in historical perspective, gauging their benefits as well as any unintended consequences. In addition to garnering an understanding of the background and politics/policies of public health in Africa, students become familiar with how to conduct and produce a "hands-on" needs assessment and community health evaluation. Crosslisted: ALST 334 Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: None Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges Core Component: None
