Special Topics in Global Health (390-0-27)

Topic

Native American Health Research and Prevention

Instructors

Beatriz Oralia Reyes
1800 Sherman Suite 1200 #1-108

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 3-410: Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

Native nations in what is currently the United States are continuously seeking to understand and undertake the best approaches to research and prevention within their communities. This course introduces students to the benefits and barriers to various approaches meant to address negative health outcomes among Native American individuals, groups and communities. This course also demonstrates how harnessing positive social determinants of health can affect broader health status among Native Americans. Important concepts to guide our understanding of these issues will include (settler) colonialism, sovereignty, social determinants of health, asset-based perspectives, and decolonizing research. Students will engage in a reading-intensive, discussion-based seminar, drawing upon research and scholarship from a variety of disciplines including public health, Native American and Indigenous Studies, sociology, history, and medicine.

Class Materials (Required)

All required course materials will be available on Canvas.

Class Attributes

No Freshmen