220.621.79
Public Health Advocacy and Gender: Towards a Gender Transformative Approach

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2023 - 2024
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online with Some Asynchronous Online
Start Date
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
End Date
Friday, June 23, 2023
Class Time(s)
Tu, W, Th, F, 8:00am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Tahilin Karver
Katherine Banchoff
Contact Name
Tahilin Karver
Contact Email
tkarver@jhu.edu
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Say Her Name. #MeToo. Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life. These are all influential advocacy movements that most people will recognize by their name alone. So why is advocacy, and its resulting community mobilization, such a valuable tool for global health and gender professionals specifically? What is the role of advocacy in pushing the dial and defining metrics we care about? This course will answer these questions and define frameworks to be enacted in public health policy and practice.
Introduces the linkages of public health advocacy and gender across disciplines and contexts. Assesses the role of public health advocacy in catalyzing change within inequitable and oppressive systems of data collection and healthcare provision. Identifies how public health professionals can integrate public health advocacy into data collection and program design using a gender-transformative approach.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate critical awareness of the intersection between public health advocacy and gender-related issues
  2. Examine the role advocacy has in influencing the implementation of equitable health systems
  3. Apply advocacy frameworks to gender-responsive and – transformative program design
  4. Critically appraise advocacy frameworks and literature related to public health advocacy
  5. Identify gaps and limitations in data collection strategies and how these intersect with other factors, including gender, to shape health
  6. Demonstrate an understanding for how to catalyze advocacy groups and develop strategies to amplify the voices of advocacy partners
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 10% Participation
  • 10% Group Work
  • 20% Reflection
  • 30% Written Assignment(s)
  • 30% Group Presentation
Enrollment Restriction
This is a graduate-level course and students should hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Consent Contact
tkarver@jhu.edu
Jointly Offered With
International Health
Health, Behavior and Society