Welcome to Introduction to Global Health!
The course is designed to offer a deep and complex analysis of contemporary global society through the lens of health and the challenges to accessing good health. The course includes weekly lectures and readings in addition to close analysis of a range of case-studies. In-class discussions will focus on major international health and human service issues addressed in the readings and video documentaries. Students will learn about the possible applications of global and international health and human services and the kind of professions that are emerging in health-related fields.
This course will focus on a variety of important public health concerns across the globe, including: Health equity and access to care issues, infectious disease, physical activity, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, access to water and how we as individuals can collectively think globally and act locally to increase health and wellbeing across the globe. We will utilize the recent example of COVID-19 as a case study to demonstrate how our health and wellbeing is connected to others, even those residing across the globe; and conversely how the health and wellbeing of others is connected to our own.
We will take also take few short walks around town to illustrate some health equity concerns and topics covered in the class within the lovely city of Roma. Discussions surrounding these will connect the local with the global.