HDFS 215NGlobal health and families

3 credits · Human Development and Family Studies · Penn State

This course examines global health from a family dynamics approach. The emphasis throughout the course is on the integration of family and health. Social science theories are introduced to understand how family kinship patterns and family dynamics influence health issues globally, as well as how family patterns are impacted by global health issues. This course also emphasizes how the family is used as a basis for intervention and prevention, and the social science theories that inform these strategies. Although global health itself is of great importance, the connections between global health and family dynamics will provide students a micro-macro connection and the skills to examine global issues from multiple levels of analysis.