SPRING 2015
SCHEDULE
January 31st: What is Health Equity and What can I do?
Objectives/Questions:
· Develop a personal professional development plan (PDP)
· What do the words ‘health’, public health and ‘equity’ mean to you?
· Explore core concepts in urban health equity, particularly structural racism
· Review data on health inequities in the Bay Area and California
Required:
View Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and Wealth:
Trailer: http://www.pbs.org/unnaturalcauses/video_player.htm?hourone
First Episode: http://www.screencast.com/users/colby.smart/folders/Default/media/0bd09ebf-c1b3-45d7-aab3-181b20612f1a
Also available here: http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b10261195~S1
Suggested Readings:
The Lancet. 2012. Getting to the root of America's racial health inequalities. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61584-0/fulltext
Assignment:
· Discuss & draft a professional development plan: a personal roadmap to find a rewarding career
· Discuss documentary
February 9th: 7-9pm: What types of Work and Research address Health Equity?
Objectives/Questions:
· Discuss PDPs
· What is the difference between health disparities work and health equity?
· Discuss jobs & internships available in Bay Area, nationally & internationally.
· What are summer research and URAP opportunities and how can I apply?
Required Readings:
· Braveman, P. and Gottlieb, L. 2014. Social Determinants of Health: Causes of Causes. Public Health Reports. http://www.publichealthreports.org/issueopen.cfm?articleID=3078
Activity/Guest:
· Professors Mahsin Mujahid, Malo Hutson
February 20th, 3-5pm: Place and Health Equity: Action in the Bay Area
Objectives/Questions:
· What are the links between place, poverty, racism and health?
· What practices from around the world are informing health equity work in the Bay Area
Required Readings:
View, Place Matters, documentary, http://www.pbs.org/unnaturalcauses/video_player.htm?place
Corburn, J. 2007. Returning to our Roots: American Urban Planning and Public health in the 21st century. Urban Affairs Review. 42:688-713.
Review the following web sites:
http://www.acphd.org/social-and-health-equity/policy-change/place-matters.aspx
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/initiatives/healthy-places-coalition.html
http://www.policylink.org/focus-areas/health-equity-and-place
http://www.urbanhabitat.org/policy-advocacy/equitable-land-use
http://changelabsolutions.org/healthy-planning
http://www.buildhealthyplaces.org/
http://www.podersf.org/
http://pacinst.org/issues/environmental-health-and-justice/
http://www.youthuprising.org/
Suggested Readings:
Mercado, S. et al. 2007. Urban Poverty: An Urgent Public Health Issue. Journal of Urban Health. 84(1):i7-i15.
Activity/Guest:
Rajiv Bhatia, former Director, San Francisco Department of Pubic Health
February 27th, 9am-5pm: Youth Uprising and/or Alameda County Public Health site visit
March 2nd, 7-9pm Community Health Centers and Health Equity
Objectives/Questions:
· What are Community Health Centers and how are they addressing health equity?
· What are the new roles for and employment opportunities at CHC under the Affordable Care Act?
· What are the job opportunities at community health centers?
Suggested Readings:
Waitzkin, H. 2006. One and a Half Centuries of Forgetting and Rediscovering: Virchow’s Lasting Contributions to Social Medicine. Social Medicine 1:5-10.
Rosen, G. 1971. The First Neighborhood Health Center Movement: Its Rise and Fall. American Journal of Public Health. 61(8):1620-1637.
http://www.ifchc2013.org/dr-jack-geiger-describes-global-history-of-chcs/
Activity/Guest:
Film: Into the Rural, History of Community Health Centers in US
March 6th, 10am-1pm: The Richmond Health Equity Partnership (Field Visit)
Objectives/Questions:
· How can city planning and other urban policy organizations influence health equity?
· What are organizations we discussed in Week 3 doing to make places healthier and more equitable?
· What internship and job opportunities are available at some of these places?
Suggested Readings:
Corburn, J. et al 2014. Urban Health in All Policies: City Services Through the Prism of Health. Journal of Urban Health. Vol. 91, No. 4. doi:10.1007/s11524-014-9886-3
Activity/Guest:
· Visit to Richmond Health Equity Partnership, Richmond, CA
DATE/TIME TBD: Visiting CHC in the Bay Area
Objectives/Questions:
· What are Community Health Centers doing in the Bay Area?
· Field trip to either Brookside/Life-Long Medical Center or La Clinica
Monday, March 16th, 7-9pm: Toxic Stress and what can we do about it?
Objectives/Questions:
· What is toxic stress and structural racism?
· How do these inequalities get into the body to influence health inequalities?
Required Readings
Geronimus, A.T. and Thompson, J.P. 2004. To denigrate, ignore, or disrupt: Racial Inequality in Health and the Impact of a Policy-induced Breakdown of African American Communities. Du Bois Review, 1:2 (2004) 247–279.
Activity/Guest:
PBS Stress Documentary
Monday, March 30th, 6-8pm: Community Organizing for Health Equity
Objectives/Questions:
· How are community based organizations working to address health equity?
Activity/Guest:
· Film: Holding Ground, the story of Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
· Guest: Catalina Garzon
April 10th, 3-5pm: Dismantling Racism and White Privilege for Health Equity
Objectives/Questions:
· What is the New Jim Crow and how does this contribute to health inequities?
· What are organizations doing to address mass incarceration in communities of color?
Required Readings:
Alexander, M. 2011. New Jim Crow, select Chpts.
Guests:
Prof. Amani Neru-Jeter
April 17th, 3-5pm: Where do I fit in and What can I do?
Activity/Guest:
· Developing your resume, references and job interview skill discussions
· Summer internships, job and research opportunities
· What is the future for HEAL? What ought we do?
· Reflections on what you have learned?
April 19th, 6-9pm. HEAL Group Dinner
Objectives/Questions:
· Develop a personal professional development plan (PDP)
· What do the words ‘health’, public health and ‘equity’ mean to you?
· Explore core concepts in urban health equity, particularly structural racism
· Review data on health inequities in the Bay Area and California
Required:
View Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and Wealth:
Trailer: http://www.pbs.org/unnaturalcauses/video_player.htm?hourone
First Episode: http://www.screencast.com/users/colby.smart/folders/Default/media/0bd09ebf-c1b3-45d7-aab3-181b20612f1a
Also available here: http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b10261195~S1
Suggested Readings:
The Lancet. 2012. Getting to the root of America's racial health inequalities. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61584-0/fulltext
Assignment:
· Discuss & draft a professional development plan: a personal roadmap to find a rewarding career
· Discuss documentary
February 9th: 7-9pm: What types of Work and Research address Health Equity?
Objectives/Questions:
· Discuss PDPs
· What is the difference between health disparities work and health equity?
· Discuss jobs & internships available in Bay Area, nationally & internationally.
· What are summer research and URAP opportunities and how can I apply?
Required Readings:
· Braveman, P. and Gottlieb, L. 2014. Social Determinants of Health: Causes of Causes. Public Health Reports. http://www.publichealthreports.org/issueopen.cfm?articleID=3078
Activity/Guest:
· Professors Mahsin Mujahid, Malo Hutson
February 20th, 3-5pm: Place and Health Equity: Action in the Bay Area
Objectives/Questions:
· What are the links between place, poverty, racism and health?
· What practices from around the world are informing health equity work in the Bay Area
Required Readings:
View, Place Matters, documentary, http://www.pbs.org/unnaturalcauses/video_player.htm?place
Corburn, J. 2007. Returning to our Roots: American Urban Planning and Public health in the 21st century. Urban Affairs Review. 42:688-713.
Review the following web sites:
http://www.acphd.org/social-and-health-equity/policy-change/place-matters.aspx
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/initiatives/healthy-places-coalition.html
http://www.policylink.org/focus-areas/health-equity-and-place
http://www.urbanhabitat.org/policy-advocacy/equitable-land-use
http://changelabsolutions.org/healthy-planning
http://www.buildhealthyplaces.org/
http://www.podersf.org/
http://pacinst.org/issues/environmental-health-and-justice/
http://www.youthuprising.org/
Suggested Readings:
Mercado, S. et al. 2007. Urban Poverty: An Urgent Public Health Issue. Journal of Urban Health. 84(1):i7-i15.
Activity/Guest:
Rajiv Bhatia, former Director, San Francisco Department of Pubic Health
February 27th, 9am-5pm: Youth Uprising and/or Alameda County Public Health site visit
March 2nd, 7-9pm Community Health Centers and Health Equity
Objectives/Questions:
· What are Community Health Centers and how are they addressing health equity?
· What are the new roles for and employment opportunities at CHC under the Affordable Care Act?
· What are the job opportunities at community health centers?
Suggested Readings:
Waitzkin, H. 2006. One and a Half Centuries of Forgetting and Rediscovering: Virchow’s Lasting Contributions to Social Medicine. Social Medicine 1:5-10.
Rosen, G. 1971. The First Neighborhood Health Center Movement: Its Rise and Fall. American Journal of Public Health. 61(8):1620-1637.
http://www.ifchc2013.org/dr-jack-geiger-describes-global-history-of-chcs/
Activity/Guest:
Film: Into the Rural, History of Community Health Centers in US
March 6th, 10am-1pm: The Richmond Health Equity Partnership (Field Visit)
Objectives/Questions:
· How can city planning and other urban policy organizations influence health equity?
· What are organizations we discussed in Week 3 doing to make places healthier and more equitable?
· What internship and job opportunities are available at some of these places?
Suggested Readings:
Corburn, J. et al 2014. Urban Health in All Policies: City Services Through the Prism of Health. Journal of Urban Health. Vol. 91, No. 4. doi:10.1007/s11524-014-9886-3
Activity/Guest:
· Visit to Richmond Health Equity Partnership, Richmond, CA
DATE/TIME TBD: Visiting CHC in the Bay Area
Objectives/Questions:
· What are Community Health Centers doing in the Bay Area?
· Field trip to either Brookside/Life-Long Medical Center or La Clinica
Monday, March 16th, 7-9pm: Toxic Stress and what can we do about it?
Objectives/Questions:
· What is toxic stress and structural racism?
· How do these inequalities get into the body to influence health inequalities?
Required Readings
Geronimus, A.T. and Thompson, J.P. 2004. To denigrate, ignore, or disrupt: Racial Inequality in Health and the Impact of a Policy-induced Breakdown of African American Communities. Du Bois Review, 1:2 (2004) 247–279.
Activity/Guest:
PBS Stress Documentary
Monday, March 30th, 6-8pm: Community Organizing for Health Equity
Objectives/Questions:
· How are community based organizations working to address health equity?
Activity/Guest:
· Film: Holding Ground, the story of Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
· Guest: Catalina Garzon
April 10th, 3-5pm: Dismantling Racism and White Privilege for Health Equity
Objectives/Questions:
· What is the New Jim Crow and how does this contribute to health inequities?
· What are organizations doing to address mass incarceration in communities of color?
Required Readings:
Alexander, M. 2011. New Jim Crow, select Chpts.
Guests:
Prof. Amani Neru-Jeter
April 17th, 3-5pm: Where do I fit in and What can I do?
Activity/Guest:
· Developing your resume, references and job interview skill discussions
· Summer internships, job and research opportunities
· What is the future for HEAL? What ought we do?
· Reflections on what you have learned?
April 19th, 6-9pm. HEAL Group Dinner