CSPH5704

This course encourages students to reflect on their responsibility to provide culturally competent care as an expression of their professional values and doing the difficult internal work required to increase health equity. In the framework of social determinants of health, this course explores the intersection of health care and marginalized individuals and groups of all cultures, races, ethnicities, disabilities, sexual orientation, size, and gender identities. Students will explore how societal factors, power dynamics, attitudes, biases, historical and institutionalized bias, colonialism, and discrimination have produced health disparities and how these can change with just policies, decision-making, and health equity initiatives. This course has an onsite requirement. This course is a prerequiste for CSPH 8701 Internship for those in the Master of Arts program.

There are no prerequisite courses. This course is required for students who have been admitted to the Integrative Therapies and Healing Practice certificate - Health Coaching track; and Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching Master of Arts program. Doctorate of Nursing Practice students, non-degree seeking students, or students from other degree programs, may enroll with special permission from the course instructor.