Weekly Distribution:
- Lecture: 4 hours/week
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lectures, community-based scenarios, discussion boards, multimedia, and group discussions.
- 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
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.
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.
All materials will be Open Education Resources (OER).
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.
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