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Applying the DHHS Healthy People 2020 Model of Health Determinants

Cancelled

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2023 - 2024
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Start Date
Monday, June 5, 2023
End Date
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, 8:30am - 12:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Ronald Manderscheid
Contact Name
Ronald Manderscheid
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Description
Do you want to understand the sources of mental illness and inappropriate substance use? Do you want to understand structural racism? Are you seeking a model for your own thesis or dissertation?
Presents the model of health determinants, and focuses on the effects on population health and community and personal wellbeing. Explores the health determinants model introduced by the US. Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 Committee. Discusses the model which links negative social and physical determinants of health, such as abuse, lack of social support, or poor-quality living conditions, with trauma responses, and then with behavioral and health conditions. Discusses population health as an approach to understanding and intervening in this system to prevent trauma and subsequent illness. Examines the dimensions of wellbeing to reflect subsequent health status. Introduces and explores the model and several areas of application.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Apply the health determinants model to their own research or practice context
  2. Identify the mechanism that underlies structural racism
  3. Relate population health interventions to personal wellbeing
  4. Identify the role of trauma in the genesis of mental illness and substance use conditions
  5. Describe the core grand challenges confronting American society
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 25% Participation
  • 25% Discussion Board
  • 50% Paper(s)
Instructor Consent
No consent required