Week 8 (3/4) – Health care access and public health (PP&C)
This page hosts the two courses that comprise the WCSC Seminar: (1) CCSSC 387 The Urban Landscape: Race, Space, and Inequality; AND (2) SOC 375 People, Place, and Community: The Politics and Practice of Community Development. Outcomes, assignments, and expectations for each course are separately identified, although the coursework is interspersed and intended to function as an integrated learning experience.
Section outline
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How is health shaped by where you live or by the color of your skin? Why?
Watch:
Jones, C. (2018, April 18). Dr. Camara Jones Explains the Cliff of Good Health. Urban Institute.
Read:
(Read only pp. 1-23) Galvez, M., Leopold, J., Okeke, C., & Oneto, A. D. (2019). Three decades of Mary’s Center’s social change model. Urban Institute.
Jackson, M. (2016). The health of the African American community in the District of Columbia: Disparities and recommendations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies.
Arnold, J. (2019). Providence Hospital closes after 158 years | 'I think it will put a lot of people in jeopardy'. WUSA9.com.
CDC (2016). CDC Fact Sheet: Challenges in HIV Prevention
Field journal PPC-4: Look up the locations of Federally Qualified Health Centers in Washington, DC at https://www.fqhc.org/find-an-fqhc and capture a screenshot for your journal. Describe the map: where are FQHCs located and where are they not located? Why do low-income communities and communities of color bear disproportionate health burdens in our society? What are the implications?
Speaker: Elizabeth Egan, Physician Assistant, Whitman Walker Health
Due by 11:00am:
The neighborhood in social and cultural space. Submit on Moodle. (UL)