224.860.01
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program Seminar I:Applied Social Science & Global Health
Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Monday, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Students read the book "Global Health: Why Cultural Perceptions, Social Representations, and Biopolitics Matter" by Mark Nichter. This book serves as a starting point for a series of discussions on why a thorough understanding of the cultural, social and economic context is important in global public health practice, and the role of applied social science theory and methods in shaping and evaluating social and behavioral interventions.
Enrollment Restriction
SBI MSPH and SBI PhD students