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
2014 - 2015
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 Year
Resources
Introduces students to policy analysis and issues in reproductive health, especially international family planning. Students learn how to analyze policymaking processes and ways to influence these processes through evidence-based advocacy. Case studies are used to analyze policies. Focues on FP2020, the international partnership launched at the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012. The instructors present an “insider’s” perspective for most cases and will draw heavily on Advance Family Planning (AFP), a multi-country advocacy initiative. Training in the AFP SMART approach to advocacy is a core part of the course.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze the reproductive health policymaking process of the U.S. 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 policymaking process and its implementation;
- Develop an advocacy plan for influencing the reproductive health policy process, and;
- Develop evidence-based messages designed to influence policymakers.
Enrollment Restriction
No undergraduates