380.604.01
Life Course Perspectives on Health

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, W, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Robert Blum
Mary Elizabeth Hughes
Contact Name
Robert Blum
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Teaches students to frame public health issues using a multilevel, life course perspective. Provides a conceptual framework with which to understand the development of health over time and the interrelated effects of biological, psychological, and social factors on health. Elaborates and illustrates the framework by considering health in specific life stages, highlighting multilevel, life course influences on health, processes by which social influences “get under the skin”, and multilevel, life course approaches to research and practice. Students create a conceptual framework illustrating the application of the framework to a public health outcome their choice.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain the foundations of a multilevel life course approach to health determinants
  2. Identify the elements of an effective conceptual framework
  3. Discuss key health influences over the life course and the pathways and processes by which these influences shape health
  4. Describe examples of health interventions informed by a multilevel life course perspective
  5. Create a conceptual framework that communicates a multilevel life course perspective on a specific public health outcome
  6. Analyze the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges of applying a multilevel life course perspective to a specific public health outcome.
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Students must have instructor's permission to enroll in the class after the first week of the term.