| Call Number | 14939 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 4:00pm-6:50pm 401 Vagelos Educ |
| Points | 1.5 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Marta L Schaaf |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | The class explores how laws, policies, and rights function to shape public health, with particular emphasis on the implications of this interaction for rights-based approaches to health programs, policy and advocacy. The course includes an introduction to the principles, provisions and underlying assumptions of law, policy and rights related to public health. Students then have the opportunity to use human rights tools and principles in documentation of health-related human rights violations and formulation of programmatic and advocacy responses to violations. A wide range of issues – HIV, health problems of criminalized populations, autonomy of people living with mental disorders, racial discrimination in health services and related policy, and rights-unfriendly practices of for-profit companies – are used to illustrate the importance of human rights inquiry and analysis in public health. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Population and Family Health |
| Enrollment | 44 students (60 max) as of 9:07PM Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
| Subject | Population and Family Health |
| Number | P8607 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | School of Public Health |
| Open To | GSAS, Public Health |
| Note | 3/3 meets in HSC Ll204; Permission required for non-POPF stu |
| Section key | 20261POPF8607P001 |