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Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 495 - (D) Health Care in Africa

3 cr.


(Prerequisites: Completion of Junior level nursing courses)

Exploration of health care and public health in Uganda.  Focus on endemic diseases: malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea, malnutrition, tuberculosis, & HIV/AIDS.  Impact of environmental, social, cultural, and religious practices on health and wellness are examined.  Work with health care providers to examine preventative strategies & treatment of communicable diseases.  Travel to historical, cultural, ecological, and rural areas with an interdisciplinary student group. Intersession