2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Mar 05, 2026

2024-2025 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ID 215 - Health Promotion and Interventions

This course will examine a number of key theories that have been used in health promotion globally (e.g., health belief, stages of change, PRECEDE-PROCEED and social-ecological models, among others). We will draw on real-world examples to explore the strengths and weaknesses of these various approaches. Additionally, students will be introduced to detailed case studies of specific health ”interventions”, and will explore why some interventions succeed and others fail. Case studies will largely be drawn from the Global South and will focus, among others, on infectious disease control programs (e.g., TB, malaria), reproductive health (e.g., maternal health), sexual health (e.g., sexually transmitted infections) and child health (e.g., immunization campaigns). The course will discuss these issues from a multi-disciplinary lens that encompasses anthropological, feminist, global health and public health perspectives.

Prerequisites: ID 121 OR ID 233 OR ID 208 OR ID 277

Course Designation/Attribute: GP

Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-Annually