Course covers global Public Health effects of war in context of war's destruction of the health care infrastructure within the Social Ecological framework. Topics include war’s impact on infectious disease & as barrier to control of vaccine-preventable diseases; maternal child health; health of those displaced; psychosocial toll & environmental health consequences. Curriculum focuses on ongoing global conflicts & ramifications of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, includes modules focusing on public health prevention approach to war & research methods for studying health outcomes in conflict zones. Students work in teams & apply the course material to a specific war that they will follow. Panel discussions to feature veterans & refugees.

This course will be offered online and asynchronous.

This course does NOT satisfy an R&C requirement.

This course is part of the Global Public Health Summer Minor; however you do not have to be pursuing the minor to enroll in the course

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.