PUBH 4131 - Social Justice & Public Health

Credit Hours: (3)

Description: This course introduces students to the concept of social justice as a public health construct. We will explore barriers to disease prevention opportunities, health care, and other impactors of health that are not equally distributed. We will examine methods for creating equal opportunities that improve population health. We also will examine the role of public health practitioners in implementing social justice principles in order to improve health outcomes. This course is part two of a two-course sequence on social influences on health. The first course (PUBH 3130) introduced students to concepts related to social determinants of health (the social and economic conditions that affect individual and population health). PREREQUISITE: PUBH 3130