2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog | 20253
Health Courses
HLTH 2800 Multicultural Health in America (2 credits)
An examination of the health issues and problems that ethnic minority populations in America face; specifically, those faced by African Americans, Indian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Americans of Asian-Pacific Island descent, etc. Since a disproportionate number of health problems face these minority groups, this course attempts to: a) examine specific problems facing these minority population groups b) evaluate what is known and unknown about these specific problems and c) a re-evaluation and reorganization of the current health care system in America to resolve these special problems in health care delivery d) lastly, this course will explore cultural health attitudes, issues and beliefs of different population groups (elderly, adolescence, men/women, etc). Besides the health major, this course can apply to [Core Curriculum Category 7].
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