Special Populations

To earn this badge, students explore the life circumstances and related bio/psycho/social conditions that warrant special attention in understanding health risks of populations.

People with characteristics or circumstances that have unique health implications may include the groups and subgroups such as: women, children, ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities, the LBGT community, older adults, and people living in poverty, as examples. By Students will examine specific health risks and approaches to addressing these risks.

Program Requirements: Students will take 12 credits of classes. At least 6 credits must be within the Department of Behavioral and Community Health and 6 credits may be taken outside the department. No more than 6 credits of independent study may be used, and must be separated into two different content areas.

Students must earn a C- or higher in each of the courses to be awarded the badge and submit a final reflection describing the skills they have learned in health communication as a result of the cluster of courses.

Applicable HLTH Coursework (at least 2 courses)

HLTH240: Am I Not a Man? Contemporary Issues in Black Men's Health
HLTH244: Public Health and Aging
HLTH325: Poor in America-Health and Wellbeing
HLTH424: LGBT Health
HLTH460: Minority Health
HLTH471: Women’s Health
Guided Independent Study with DBCH faculty person (must be approved)

General examples of applicable classes that could be taken outside of the major (maximum of 2 courses)

AASP100: Introduction to African American Studies
AASP189I: HIV/AIDS in a Global Perspective
AASP230: Social (In)Justice and African-American Health and Well-Being
AASP 265: Constructions of Manhoof & Womanhood in the Black Community
AASP 298D: African American Health Disparities and Social Justice
AAST200: Introduction to Asian American Studies
AAST 398I: Asian American Mental Health
AAST398W: Selected Topics in Asian American Studies: Transpacific Sexualities
ANTH265: Anthropology of Global Health
ANTH 414: Women’s Health, An Ethnographic Approach to Reproduction and Politics
AREC 260: The Science of Gender in Economics and Development
CCJS325: Slavery in the 21st Century: Combating Human Trafficking
COMM 324: Communication and Gender
FMSC190: Man Up! Where Are the Fathers?
FMSC310: Maternal, Child and Family Health
FMSC332: Children in Families
IMMR200: Introduction to Immigration and Migration Studies
ISRL329A: Special Topics in Israel Studies: Israel’s Arab Minority—Past, Present, Future
JWST319L: Special Topics in Jewish Studies: Jews in Latin America
LGBT200: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
LASC235: Issues in Latin American Studies II