Effects of Culture & Geography on Health in Remote Communities

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Teaching Strategy Description: Students travel to different rural and remote northern Aboriginal communities, including one week of immersion in a remote community, giving students the opportunity to learn about the influence of culture and geography on health.  There are in-class learning activities on cultural competence, cultural safety, health status indicators, etc., to prepare them for […]

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Applying Public Health Ethics to Current Events

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Teaching Strategy Description: Students examine theories of public health ethics and their application to population health scenarios and consider how promotion of health equity may conflict with individual or group rights.  In seminar, they apply public health decision-making frameworks and principles of relational ethics to current situations, such as the Ebola outbreak in 2014, including […]

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