380.771.01
Understanding International Reproductive Health Policy
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Monday, 8:30 - 11:20am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Resources
Introduces students to policy analysis and issues in reproductive health, especially international family planning. Students learn how to analyze policy-making processes and ways to influence these processes through evidence-based advocacy. Focuses on training in the Spitfire Strategies Smart Chart™ approach to advocacy. Uses case studies to analyze policies. Special focus is given to FP2020, the international initiative launched at the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012. The instructor presents an “insider’s” perspective for most cases and draws heavily on the Advance Family Planning, an evidence-based, multi-country advocacy project.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze the reproductive health policies making process of the United States government, the United Nations, and selected developing countries;
- Analyze how reproductive health policies affect programmatic and budgetary decisions;
- Explain how reproductive health policies are different from other health and development policies
- Identify external factors that influence the reproductive health policy making process and its implementation
- Develop an advocacy plan for influencing the reproductive health policy process
- Develop evidence-based messages designed to influence policy makers
Enrollment Restriction
No undergraduates