Global Health Challenges

Global Health Challenges surveys the major global health problems facing the world today. After providing a theoretical and conceptual framework for understanding these challenges within a biopsychosocial model, the course uses lecture and case discussion to analyze key areas contributing to the global burden of disease: infectious disease; communicable diseases; maternal, reproductive, and child health; and injury, violence, and disaster. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on both understanding the complex interaction of upstream and downstream approaches to improve health outcomes and elucidating successful strategies in reducing health disparities.