2024 Spring PBHLTH 290 008 SEM 008

Spring 2024

PBHLTH 290 008 - SEM 008

Health Issues Seminars

Urban Gun Violence: A Public Health Perspective

Jason Corburn

Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024
Tu
05:30 pm - 07:29 pm
Berkeley Way West 1104
Class #:27144
Units: 2

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through School of Public Health

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 65
Enrolled: 10
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 75
Waitlist Max: 25
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 to 4 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

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Course Catalog Description

A discussion of current developments and issues in public health of interest to faculty and students of the department as a whole. Content varies from semester to semester depending upon current issues and interests.

Class Description

This graduate seminar will explore ways to end the epidemic of urban gun violence by using a public health approach. We will explore current definitions of gun violence as a public health issue and interrogate the practice and research. Students will engage with practitioners from the Bay Area and globally that are using community-based, trauma-informed and healing- centered approaches to eliminate urban gun violence. Students will learn about the structural causes of urban gun violence through a critical view of public policy, policing and public safety history and the law. We will engage with the current-day legacies of structural racism, from slavery and Jim Crow, to the War on Poverty and mass incarceration. We will engage with debates on the role of police in keeping us safe from gun violence. The class will also focus on local and national policy initiatives, from city-based initiatives in Oakland and Richmond, to the California Violence Intervention Policy to the Department of Justice, Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention investment. The course will include regular participation of practitioners who are working at the center of gun violence intervention and prevention. Each class will be structured as a seminar, with the first part discussing the readings and assignments and the second part a reflection with a practitioner guest over how the assigned material applies to practice.

Class Notes

Enroll for 2 units.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.

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