Module 2: Exploring Culture and Health
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Complex health care barriers demand a call for a more holistic response. This course offers an in depth understanding of what culture has to do with community health and health care. Students will learn about the structural barriers that keep ethnic minoritized groups from seeking medical care, and stereotypes in medicine and how to address them in community health.
What you’ll learn:
- Define and understand the importance of cultural competence.
- Understand how cultural norms and values affect health and health care quality.
- Understand the consequences of cultural and social issues and their impact on health.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Daphne Curges
Ms. Fakhriya Hashemi
Textbook:
McKenzie, J.F., Pinger, R.R., and Kotecki, J.E. (2004). An introduction to community health (5th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Textbook may be found here:
An Introduction to Community Health
Course Syllabus: CICH 100 Module Two
