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380.667.01
Women's Health Policy

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Friday, 9:00 - 11:50am
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

None.

Description
Provides an overview of selected, timely policy issues related to women’s health in both developed and developing countries. Covers the history of selected policy concerns, frameworks for viewing these concerns, and policy concerns related to selected women’s health issues such as family planning, welfare reform, employment and workplace conditions, and disabilities. Topics may change yearly depending on the primacy of the topic or issue.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. the history of women's health movements in the United States and definitions for women's health in current use
  2. selected frameworks and their application for viewing women's health policies in developed and developing countries
  3. policy concerns related to work and employment and family planning and abortion for women in developing and developed countries