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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0502-655-001 |
| Instructor: | TBA |
| Days: | TBA |
| Note: | Online, Asynchronous |
| Location: | Online |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
For majors only |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students will learn the basic foundations of global behavioral health and its disparities, various systems impacting populations, determinants of health and mental health, consequential effects of stigma and discrimination on overall psychological well-being, and psychosocial interventions and public health initiatives to address both crises and prevention. |
| Learning Goals: |
By the end of the course, students will have:1. Demonstrated an understanding of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.2. Demonstrated an understanding of the various determinants of health and psychopathology and the complex interplay of culture, age, race, gender, and socio-economic status in health outcomes.3. Developed working knowledge of community/public health and global mental health systems and respective influences on disparities and outcomes. 4. Demonstrated working knowledge of the chronic and emerging issues impacting global mental health and the ability to articulate a set of psychological, counseling, and public health models for intervention and prevention. 5. Demonstrated a working knowledge of how health theories and models are used to develop interventions and how research findings can be used to inform public policy domestically and globally. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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