From our families to our communities, to our states and the globe, we are all interconnected. Global & Public Health is key to the well being of us all, and affects our ability to thrive physically, mentally, financially and peacefully.
This interdisciplinary minor integrates the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to seek answers to the enormous health challenges facing the U.S. and the world. This includes how factors influencing health promotion and disease prevention intersect with the environmental, political, and social determinants of health to vulnerable populations locally and globally. The minor therefore covers issues of the science of disease and health as they relate to public policy, poverty, race, class, gender, ethics, peace and war, as well as mental healthcare and cultural components of addiction and how healthcare providers can best communicate with the public