Anthropology 4800
Global Health: An Applied Perspective
M, W, F 9:30--10:20,Huntsman Hall 222, Fall 2016
Instructor: Dr. Michelle Grocke
Office: Old Main 245G
Office hours:M 10:30-12:30, W 11:30-12:30 (and via Canvas chat)
E-mail:
Required text:
Skolnik, Richard. 2016. Global Health 101. (3rd Edition), Jones and Bartlett.
Reserve readings (available on Canvas)
Course Description:
This is an introductory course in global health. You will learn how health is measured, how it is both defined and conceptualized across cultures, and how health conditions change over time as countries develop economically. By assessing health concerns such as those pertaining to infectious and non-communicable disease, maternal-child health, nutrition, vaccination, and health care delivery, you will explore the link between health and numerous variables including: culture, the environment, education, equity, poverty, and development.Using real-world case studies, you will assess the socio-cultural, economic, and political determinants of health, as well as discuss how stakeholders and global health partners are finding solutions to some of the most pressing health issues of our time.
Course Goals and Expectations:
My four objectives are for you to:
1.)Gain factual knowledge (terminology, methods, trends).
2.)Learn fundamental principles, generalizations, or theories.
To do this, you will learn from a variety of sources (in-class lecture, textbook chapters, outside readings, films), and will be assessed via quizzes.
3.) Learn to apply course materials.
To do this, you will use the material you learn in class to critically read and assess the outside readings, as well as design and complete your ‘Global Health Research Project’.
4.)Develop skills expressing yourself orally and in writing.
To do this, you will actively participate in discussions, submit on-line responses to assigned readings, and conduct the ‘Global Health Research Project’.
Assignments:
1.) Quizzes: A total of three quizzes (worth 30 points each) will be given ON-LINE (via Canvas). These quizzes are multiple choice and will help you become familiar with global health terminology, key concepts, and theories.
2.) Weekly Respond and Discuss:‘Respond and Discuss’ assignments (worth 10 points each) over relevant topics will add to your understanding of how issues discussed in lecture and in the text relate to the "real-world." To receive full credit for participation in these assignments, you will need to do two things:
Part 1: On-Line Responses
First, you will read and digest the assigned article (available on Canvas and listed under the corresponding week on the course outline) and prepare for class discussion. To prepare, you will, by midnight the day prior to class discussion, post on Canvas a 4-sentence response to the assigned reading. Your response should include:
1.) A sentence summarizing the reading;
2.) A sentence describing what you learned or found interesting;
3.) A question you have about the reading and/or an argument presented you disagree with;
4.) A sentence highlighting the bigger picture of the reading, i.e. “why do we care?”
Your responses, when they demonstrate critical thinking, understanding of the article’s key points, and timely completion are worth up to 5 points.
Part 2: In-Class Discussion
Second, you will come to class on the day of discussion and actively participate (worth an additional 5 points). You must be in-class on the day of the discussion to receive these points. No exceptions can be made to this policy because these points are reflective of your in-class participation in the discussion.Eleven ‘respond and discuss’ sessions are offered –however, I will drop your two lowest on-line response scores, in addition to your two lowest in-class discussion scores. If however, you participate in all 11 sessions, the “extra” two will be added to your final grade as extra credit (90 points possible + up to 20 points extra credit)
3.) Global Health Research Project (GHRP): You will complete a research project for this course in five steps. Each of the individual parts will be turned in in-class, and will involve you updating the class as to how your research process is going(you will be able to ask the class questions you may have, ask for their opinion on a certain issue, etc.) In order to receive full credit for each part of the research project, you must be present and actively participate in the GHRP in-class discussion.
Part 1: Choose global health issue (10 pts.)
Part 2: Country selection (10 pts.)
Part 3: Identify current initiatives and actors (15 pts.)
Part 4: Trend analysis (15 pts.)
Part 5: Critical assessment (50 pts.)
Complete Research Paper (100 pts.)
Extra-Credit(Up to 30 points possible)
There is extra credit built into the course syllabus in that 11 ‘respond and discuss’ assignments are available for your participation but only 9 are required (as the lowest two scores are dropped). There are also two extra credit opportunities available if you watch an additional segment of ‘Unnatural Causes’ and an additional segment of ‘The Weight of the Nation’ (streaming available on the library website)and write two one-page analyses of the films (worth up to 5 points each, to be submitted on Canvas). No additional extra credit is offered.
Grading:
Quizzes (3 @ 30 points each) 90
Weekly Respond & Discuss (9 @ 10 points each) 90
Global Health Research Project 100
Final Exam (Peer Review of GHRP) 70
Total points possible: 350
Late/Make-up Assignment Policy:
In-class discussion points cannot be made up. Make-up of all other assignments is at instructor discretion and must generally be arranged for by students requiring accommodations prior to the due-date scheduled. Late assignments may be accepted, at instructor discretion, but frequently result in a point penalty.
Instructor Availability Outside of Class:
Official office hours are on Mondays from 10:30-12:30 and Wednesdays from 11:30-12:30. However, if this time does not work in your schedule, please feel free to send me an email me so that we can schedule an alternate time to meet. For those of you that have limited availability to meet outside of the classroom during the day, I will also be available for 1-on-1 discussions via the chat function on Canvas for one hour each week (exact times will be posted on Canvas weekly).
ADA and FERPA:
IN COOPERATION WITH THE DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER, reasonable accommodation will be provided for students with disabilities. Please meet with me during the first week of class to make arrangements. Alternative format print materials, large print, audio, diskette or Braille, will be available through the Disability Resource Center.
The Family Education Right to Privacy Act prohibits grades, graded-essays, or any other form of graded assignment from being released by phone or from being placed in a public setting (e.g. outside the classroom, etc.) except with explicit written permission from the student in question.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week #1 (Aug 29, Aug 31, Sept 2)
Reading assignment: Chapter 1 of text
Monday: Introduction to class
Wednesday: Lecture: The Principles and Goals of Global Health
Friday: Discussion of “Towards a Common Definition of Global Health”
Week #2 (Sept 7, 9)
Reading assignment: Chapter 16 of text
Monday: LABOR DAY (No Class)
Wednesday: Lecture: The Actors Involved in Global Health
Friday: Discussion of “A Return to the Magic Bullet”
Week #3 (Sept 12, 14, 16)
Reading assignment: Chapter 2 of text
Monday: In-class film: “Unnatural Causes”
Wednesday: Lecture: Health Determinants, Measurements, and Trends
Friday: Discussion of “Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases”
Week #4 (Sept 19, 21, 23)
Reading assignment: Canvas readings only
Monday: Lecture: Health, Education, Poverty and the Economy
Wednesday: Discussion of “Cultural Adaptations to Endemic Malaria in Sardinia” & “Why is it Easier to Get Drugs Than Drug Treatment in the U.S.”
Friday: GHRP Part 1: Choose global health issue
Week #5 (Sept 26, 28, 30)
Reading assignment: Chapter 6 of text
Monday: Lecture: Culture and Health
Wednesday: In-class Exercise: What is Health?Quiz #1 due
Friday: Discussion of “Representations of Illness Causality and Vectors That Transmit
Disease”
Week #6 (Oct 3, 5, 7)
Reading assignment: Chapter 5 of text (pages 97-115 only)
Monday: Lecture: An Introduction to Health Systems
Wednesday: In-class film: “Salud!”
Friday: Discussion of “Building an Effective Rural Health Delivery Model in Haiti and Rwanda” (Group 1: Haiti (pgs. 133-165, 179-182) Group 2: Rwanda (pgs. 133, 165-end)
Week #7 (Oct 10, 12, 14)
Reading assignment: Chapter 8 of text
Monday: Lecture: Nutrition and Global Health
Wednesday: Instructor Presentation: Nutrition Related Health Concerns in NW Nepal
Friday: GHRP Part 2: Country selection
Week #8 (Oct 17, 19, 21)
Reading assignment: Chapter 7 of text
Monday: Lecture: The Environment and Health
Wednesday: Guest Lecture: Sanitation Issues in Southern India
Friday: FALL BREAK (No Class)
Week #9 (Oct 24, 26, 28)
Reading assignment: Chapter 15 of the text
Monday: Lecture: Natural Disasters & Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Wednesday: Instructor Presentation: The 2015 Earthquake in Nepal
Friday: GHRP Part 3: Identify current initiatives and actors
Week #10 (Oct 31, Nov 2, 4)
Reading assignment: Chapters 9 and 10 of text
Monday: Lecture: Maternal and Child Health
Wednesday: In-Class Film: “No Woman No Cry” Quiz #2 due
Friday: Discussion of “The Politics of Unsafe Abortion in Burkina Faso”
Week #11 (Nov 7, 9, 11)
Reading assignment: Chapter 12 of text
Monday: Lecture: Communicable Diseases
Wednesday: In-Class Film: “TB Silent Killer”
Friday: Discussion of "World TB Day 2016: An Interview with Leading Experts”
Week #12 (Nov 14, 16, 18)
Reading assignment: Canvas reading only
Monday: Lecture: Pharmaceuticalization
Wednesday: Discussion of “Perceptions of Pharmaceuticals and Quality of Care”
Friday GHRP Part 4: Trend Analysis
Week #13 (Nov 21 ONLY)
Reading assignment: Chapter 4 of text
Monday: Lecture: Ethics and Human Rights Concerns in Global Health
Wed.-Fri. THANKSGIVING BREAK (No Class)
Week #14 (Nov 28, 30, Dec 2)
Reading assignment: Chapter 13 of the text
Monday: Lecture: Noncommunicable Diseases
Wed: In-Class Film: “The Weight of the Nation”Quiz #3 Due
Fri: Discussion of “The Next Epidemic”
Week #15 (Dec 5, 7, 9)
Reading assignment: Chapter 17
Monday: Lecture: Science, Technology, and Global Health
Wednesday: Lecture: Cutting Edge Innovations on the Horizon
Friday: Discussion of “Global Health Priorities for the Twenty-First Century”
GHRP Final Paper Due
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, DEC. 14th, 9:30-11:20am (Peer Review)
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