SW 6241 - Advanced Policy in Health

This 3 credit course builds on foundation policy content to provide students with understanding of: political, economic, and social trends that affect the healthcare system, as well as the health of populations (epidemiology). The class includes special emphasis on the economic and political dimensions of the managed care environment, as well as inequities in the delivery of health care in comparative and global contexts. We will also address the historical development of the "health care industry," and the public health system from a social justice perspective. The course offers advanced training in policy practice skills (advocacy, policy analysis, policy development and evaluation) relevant to health policy and health settings. Ethical content will focus on the role of health care structures in determining the nature and resolution of ethical tensions and dilemmas.