NH-845 Clinical Topics in Global Hlth

Prerequisites: Enrollment in Global Health CAS. NH-842 and NH-826. This is the second of four courses on global health delivery and disease burden. This course will examine clinical care in low resourced settings and developing countries and will orient students to the current global health issues specifically exploring regional conditions, clinical practice, the role of primary care, fundamental nursing and community health care. Topics covered will include evaluation of Demographic Health Survey data to identify critical needs, leading causes of morbidity and mortality including maternal and neonatal emergency care, malnutrition, diarrhea illness, HIV/AIDS, and chronic and communicable diseases.

Credits

3