Week 8 (3/4) – Health care access and public health (PP&C)
Course Access Dates: Students from 12/19/2020 until 4/28/2024; Faculty from 7/22/2020 until 4/28/2024
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)