Health Promotion & Policy 691D - Maternal & Child Health Policy

This course is designed to introduce students to a maternal and child public health perspective, which is focused on identifying and meeting the needs of women, infants, children, adolescents, and families. We will examine problems, programs, and policies related to these populations, with an emphasis on the United States. This course will use the life course perspective to examine how social, economic, and political context affect health and development over a lifetime. We will investigate select current topics in-depth (such as infant mortality, contraception, maternity care, and asthma), as well as cross-cutting issues such as the impact of racism and poverty on the health of families.