HNSC 3184 Health Disparities in the United States: A Multideterministic Perspective: Schedule Fall 2022

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2022     
Topic: Introductions, Introductions to Technology Requirements & Health Disparities Overview
Reading: PowerPoint Presentation     
Assignment: Discussion Team Wellness Week #1

Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Topic: Defining Health Disparities
Reading:

• LaVeist, and Issac Chapter 1 – Defining Health and Health Care Disparities
• Recommended: Ward et al. (2012). The Normative Dimensions of Health Disparities 
• Required: Snowden, Graaf. (2021) COVID-19, Social Determinants Past, Present, and Future, and African Americans’ Health

Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #2 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Topic: The Role of Biology, Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Health Disparities
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #1. Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022
Topic: The Role of Stress in Health Disparities
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #3 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Topic: Class Lecture by the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals: A semester lecture series with GCWE
Assignment: GCWE Co-Sponsors with CCMP titled “Health Disparities and our Environment”

Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022
Topic: Health Care Reform and Health Disparities: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act vs. the American Health Care Act vs. the Better Reconciliation Health Care Act
Assignment:Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #2 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Topic: Class Lecture by the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals. Health Disparities- The Pandemic and Infectious Diseases looking at the present and future. A semester lecture series with GCWE
Assignment: GCWE Co-Sponsors with CCMP titled “Pandemic & Infectious Disease a Public Health Response”

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Topic: Cultural Competency and Health Disparities
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #1 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022
Topic: Barriers to Health Care Services and its impact on Health Disparities
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #2 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Topic: Biostatistics and Epidemiology: Tools to understand Health Disparities
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #3 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022
Topic: Dr. Shoshana Tyson co-presents Meeting ID & Passcode A semester lecture series with GCWE
Assignment: Presentation on Health Disparities and the Wealth Gap

Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
Topic: The Health Care System and Health Disparities
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #1 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022
Topic: Health Disparities in Mental Health Disorders
Assignment: Discussion Board for Team Wellness Week #2 Team Wellness reports for 15 minutes at the start of class session.

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2022
Topic: Health Disparities in Mental Health Disorders
Assignment: Health Disparities 5–7- minute Mini-Research Proposal Presentations on zoom.

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Topic: Student Presentations. Health Disparities 5–7- minute Mini- Research Proposal Presentations on Zoom.
Assignment: The Final Mini- Research Proposal Project is due No later than December 26, 2022, at 9am. Presentation Proposal submissions GCWE and CCMP