Unit
Topic

Fernando M. Reimers et al.

SPH.2
Public Health (What’s Public about Public Health?)

Themes ICC: interpersonal (one’s own identity and culture, others’

Region
Length

identities and cultures, and empathy); ethics; work and mind
habits: cultural exchange; geography; world history; global
risk: society and health; and investigative and analytical skills
London

Three weeks

Goals and Objectives

Skills

Learn to understand historical changes in perspectives on public
health as well as on various treatments and health issues, to under—
stand the impact of advances in public health on populations, and
to explore the cultural aspects of health issues.

Inspire in students compassion for public health issues as well as
an interest in the development of knowledge and perspectives on
public health over time.

Evaluate the role of information in advances in public health and
demonstrate an understanding of it in classroom presentations.

and Knowledge

Students will understand the changes in perspectives on public
health as well as the changes in understandings of health issues.
Students will evaluate the impact of advances in public health
understanding.

Students will draw connections concerning the availability of infor—
mation on public health advances.

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