380.667.01
Women's Health Policy
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Friday, 9:00 - 11:50am
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
Prerequisite
None.
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:
- Desribe and apply general policy orientation to women’s health and definitions of women’s health in current use
- Describe and apply a gender justice framework for viewing women’s health policies in developed and developing countries
- Describe and apply a policy lens to topics such as work and employment, family planning, disability, intimate partner violence and special populations in developing and developed countries
- Describe and apply an understanding of varying stakeholder’s perspectives on current and critical issues pertaining to women’s health policy
Permission required for registration after the 1st week of add/drop.
Instructor consent required for undergraduate students.