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380.771.01
Understanding and Changing International Reproductive Health Policy

Location:
East Baltimore
Term:
4th term
Department:
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credits:
3 credits
Academic Year:
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method:
TBD
Class Times:
  • Wednesday,  9:00 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed:
Yes, with instructor consent
Undergrads Allowed:
No
Grading Restriction:
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructors:
Contact:
Duff Gillespie
Resources:
Description:

The combination of policy analysis, advocacy theory, and practical application provide students with knowledge of the international health policy landscape. Students gain the skills needed to use evidence, ethics, and experience to effectively guide program and policy development.

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:

  1. Discuss and analyze multiple dimensions (including the role of ethics and evidence) of the reproductive health policy making process of the U.S. government and other donors, the United Nations, and selected developing countries
  2. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity through analysis of how reproductive health policies affect programmatic and budgetary decisions
  3. Explain how reproductive health policies are different from other health and development policies
  4. Identify and assess external factors that influence the reproductive health policymaking process and its implementation
  5. Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations through: a) development of a decision-maker focused advocacy objective and rationale, and request for action at national or subnational levels within developing countries; b) presentation of a rationale for maintaining or graduating foreign aid to a developing country family planning program; c) class discussion
Methods of Assessment:

This course is evaluated as follows:

  • 20% Participation
  • 30% Written Assignment(s)
  • 50% Report using the AFP SMART approach

Enrollment Restriction:

No undergraduates

Instructor Consent:

No consent required