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380.747.81 INTERNATIONAL ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Term: 4th term
Credits: (3 credits)
Contact: Kristin Mmari
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Description:

Focuses on the major health issues that affect adolescents and the effective interventions/policies to address these issues in the developing world. Explores the meaning and health of adolescence from various contexts around the world through lectures, readings, video clips, panels, and discussions .

Student Evaluation: reflection paper on adolescent health issue in world region; midterm paper, use data on international adolescent health issue to address need; final paper, based off of mid-term paper students propose intervention strategy or policy to address issue
Learning Objective:

After completing this course, you should be able to: Define the meaning of adolescence and critically discuss ‘adolescence’ from the context of various world regions; Critically analyze the major global forces that affect adolescent health, including changes in education, marriage, and childbearing; Identify the major public health issues affecting adolescents throughout the globe, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health issues, vulnerable youth populations, mental health problems, and migration/immigration issues; and Describe different types of intervention strategies for selected adolescent health issues and their potential impact in various cultural contexts

Location: Internet
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Maximum: 50
Instructor Consent: No consent required
For consent, contact: kmmari@jhsph.edu
Auditors Allowed: No
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Catalog Subcommittee Actions: .03/25/2011;