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Women's Health: Disparities and Equity Implications

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online with Some Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Shannon Wood
Contact Name
Shannon Wood
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Provides an overview of leading topics in women’s health with an emphasis on the US and other developed settings. Examines leading sources of morbidity and mortality through age-gender-race/ethnicity-disaggregated data. Examines historical context, risk factors, prevention, and treatment. Considers health from biological, life-course, and social determinants perspectives, including via frameworks of women’s health disparities and intersectionality that address inequities in interpersonal, social, political, and economic power.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe the health status of women in the United States and other developed countries
  2. Describe and apply frameworks of lifecourse, women’s health disparities and intersectionality to women’s health and leading sources of morbidity and mortality
  3. Evaluate and synthesize the literature related to controversial topics in women's health
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 65% Written Assignment(s)
  • 15% Participation
  • 20% Group Work
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Students will attend class sessions virtually. Students are expected to be present and engage in course discussion during the class times indicated.