GEOG 448Neighborhoods and Health Equity

3 credits · Geography · Penn State

This course examines local and regional domains of disease prevention, health behavior and promotion, and health inequities in the context of urban and suburban neighborhoods. We will draw on urban geographic and social theory as well as urban planning, public health, and environmental justice literature to identify ways in which neighborhood and geographic features combine with policies, individual-level behaviors, and social interaction to produce health and disease. We will further apply concepts and issues addressed in course readings and lecture to selected urban areas, large and small, to gain understanding of the tools and methods most often used in evaluating urban spaces for community health and health equity.