MHS 610 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO HEALTHCARE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
This course applies the concepts, theories, and principles of the field of global health presented in MHS 605 to the practical challenges facing global health professionals at the community implementation level.
Each student selects a specific global health priority for a given national or geo-politically defined population to examine at the local/community level. Students explore how this local health plan differs from, and interacts with, national and international plans for the same health issue. The student?s selected case is then be the primary focus for applying needs assessment methodologies, including epidemiological methods, mapping local, national, and global policy processes (based on students? work in MHS 605), identifying strategies for building local infrastructure and workforce capacity, analyzing financial opportunities and limitations, and assessing the impact of macro changes in the global economy, political environment, and human rights and legal systems on the locally identified health structures and systems.
Each student completes a final summary project report that will summarize findings regarding scope, options, outcomes, and a recommended action plan for improving the health status of the local population group each student has studied.