Global Health and One Health for Nurses

Overview

Course description

Students will explore current and emerging issues in global and population health. Students will expand their world views through engagement in critical inquiry and reflection. Students will be prepared to engage with diverse health challenges in a global context.

Course content

Climate change impact on health
Collaborative partnering and communication
Cultural humility and safety
Diseases of poverty
Epidemiology and public health
Ethics
Global citizenship
Global health policy
Globalization of health and healthcare
Health equity and social justice
Indigenous health
Infectious diseases
Institutionalization and sustainable development
Mental health
Neglected tropical diseases
Noncommunicable and communicable diseases
One Health
Planetary health
Population health
Social and environmental determinants of health
Sociocultural and political awareness

Learning activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lectures, community-based scenarios, discussion boards, multimedia, and group discussions.

Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a letter-graded course.

Instructors may use a student's record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student's graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Synthesize global health principles to examine the interconnected roles of nursing and allied health professionals in promoting population wellbeing;
Evaluate the global burden of disease using epidemiological and public health frameworks to guide effective prevention and intervention strategies;
Compare international health systems and policies to assess their influence on population health outcomes, social justice, and health equity;
Analyze the impact of colonization, historical trauma, and systemic racism on Indigenous and marginalized populations’ health across global contexts;
Integrate Indigenous knowledge systems, traditional healing, and holistic wellness models into contemporary global health frameworks;
Critique global strategies for addressing noncommunicable, infectious, and neglected tropical diseases, including challenges from pandemics and diseases of poverty;
Design evidence-informed approaches to maternal, child, and reproductive health that strengthen equity and sustainability in diverse settings; and
Appraise the impact of climate change, planetary health, One Health, and healthcare innovations on global health resilience and nursing practice.

Textbook materials

All materials will be Open Education Resources (OER).

Requisites

Prerequisites

Students must be in year two or higher of any nursing program, health science program, or allied health program (physiotherapy, social work, etc), or be a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse.

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

May 2026 (Current)

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution	Transfer details for NURS 3319
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.