Recommended Courses for Cross-Cultural and Global Health

ANTH 574 Culture, Society, and Genomics (3)
Examines social and cultural issues of human genome sequencing and control of genetic expression. Attitudes and behaviors toward health, illness, and disability are studied using historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural case study material. Offered: jointly with NURS 582/PHG 521.
Instructor Course Description: Barbara B. Mcgrath

ANTH 575 Cultural Construction of Illness: Seminar in Medical Anthropology (5)
Historical and comparative examination of depression, neurasthenia, somatization, hypochondriasis, and hysteria. Anthropology of psychosomatics and psychiatry, including cultural analysis of selected biomedical, indigenous folk medical, and popular common-sense conceptualizations of illness.

GH514 Global Societal Determinants of Health (3)

Examines societal determinants of heath of nations around the globe. Asks why is there an increasing inequity in health outcomes today? Topics include early life, population health biology, medical care, mental health, and the environment.
Instructor Course Description: Stephen A. Bezruchka

HSERV 508 Dynamics of Community Health Practice (3)
Examination of and experience with basic principles of clinical practice in community settings. Includes family as community constituent, populations at risk, community assessment, and community development. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of course faculty. Offered: jointly with NURS 560.

HSERV 510 Society and Health (3)
Analysis of social inequalities in health and service use by class, gender, and the social construction of race. Examines biological, cultural, social, political, and economic determinants which consistently put certain minority groups within Eurocentric societies at higher risk for inequitable health status and provision. Prerequisite: HSERV 511 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Instructor Course Description: David Grembowski

NURS 550 White Privilege and Racism in Health and Human Services (3)
Explores relationships among the psychosocial health of people of color, American cultural patterns of intersecting forms of oppression (e.g., gender, race, and class) and the role of health professionals in defining, ameliorating and/or aggravating psychosocial distress. Credit/no credit only. Offered: jointly with WOMEN 550.
Instructor Course Description: David G. Allen

NURS 562 Clinically Applied Anthropology (3)
Anthropology as it relates to interdisciplinary delivery of culturally relevant health care. Cultural variation in illness beliefs and behavior, types of healing practices, illness prevention, social support networks. This is a required course for the cross-cultural focus. Prerequisite: graduate standing, permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with ANTH 562.

NURS 579 Transcultural Nursing Practices (3)
Seminars examine four decades of nursing practice literature and other disciplines related to appropriate and competent care of diverse and multicultural populations. Concepts and methods from anthropology and other behavior sciences are considered in relationship with current health practice guidelines. Graduate standing or instructor permission. This is a required course for the cross-cultural focus.

NURS 582 Culture, Society, and Genomics (3)
Examines social and cultural issues of human genome sequencing and control of genetic expression. Attitudes and behaviors toward health, illness, and disability are studied using historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural case study material. Offered: jointly with ANTH 574/PHG 521.
Instructor Course Description: Barbara B. Mcgrath

UCONJ 530 Issues in Indian Health (3)
Survey of historical and contemporary issues in Indian Health. Covers Indian contributions to health, traditional Indian Medicine, current disease epidemiology, development of Federal Indian Health policy, the Indian Health Service, tribal health programs, and consequences of major legislation on Indian Health. Prerequisite: current health science student or permission of instructor.