Public Health 440 - The Opioid Epidemic

The opioid epidemic is a complex public health issue with interrelated social, political, historical, and biological elements. Class readings, activities, and assignments are designed to help students better understand the root causes of the current opioid epidemic, to explore how public policy has influenced and can influence the epidemic, to identify potential ways to improve healthcare and reduce harm for people with opioid use disorder, and to address the structural contributors to the epidemic.

This class is open to Public Health majors only If the class and the Spire waitlist are full and/or you are unable to self-enroll in this course (for another reason), please complete this waitlist link: https://tinyurl.com/PHWaitlist-Electives