HPRO 230 - (D, S) Multicultural Health

3 cr.

This course overviews health promotion/disease prevention in the United States, including health promotion statistics, strategies/resources and health disparities (social justice).  Areas highlighted are cultural and behavioral influences on disease, equity in prevention strategies, culturally competent and gender-specific interventions (i.e., people of color, women, the aged, people with disabilities/mental illness).