African Studies
AFRS 3424: Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Examines the epidemiology and determinants of diseases and the public health practice among continental African peoples and African-derived populations in the Americas and elsewhere in the African Diaspora.
- Emphasizes such epidemic diseases as malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis, smallpox, the current AIDS pandemic, obesity, and cancer.
- The course also aims to critically address the breadth of factors behind these pandemics, such as socioeconomic, political, health system, behavioral, and genetic.
- A cross-cutting theme throughout the course is the entrenched health disparities in society.
Examines the epidemiology and determinants of diseases and the public health practice among continental African peoples and African-derived populations in the Americas and elsewhere in the African Diaspora. Show more.