MACH 5334 Maternal and Child Health Across the Life Course

3 SCH. This course addresses Life Course, from the womb to the grave for mothers and their families. From a historical perspective to the present, students will examine significant historical women’s health moments including, and not limited to, breastfeeding from the time of the Old Testament to the present, the acknowledgement of infant mortality in the late 1800s, the birth control social reform movement in the early 1900s, women’s bodies and sexuality movement of the late 1960s, and Our Bodies, Growing Older Movement of the 1900s. Students will use the Social Determinants of Health model, as one theoretical construct, to analyze ways in which these historical moments are interconnected to current maternal and child health issues and the impact of inequalities that shape health outcomes throughout the Life Course.
Prerequisite: MACH 5330
Offered Spring
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