Global Environmental Health
International Business Program
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dates: early Aug 2018 - mid May 2019
Global Environmental Health
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Buenos Aires Center
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Primary Subject Area: Health Sciences
Instruction in: English
Course Code: HLT323EZE
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: Introductory to Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, or other social science
DESCRIPTION
Global environmental health is concerned with the biological and physical influences on human health at a global scale. In this course students will examine how local-global processes converge on community health issues such as the impact of climate change on water and food security, the structural factors and stakeholders that influence environmental health policies, and vector-borne diseases in tropical environments. This course will also review the ways in which humans mitigate their environmental risks for disease and poor health. A unique aspect to this course is that students will be introduced to and gain hands-on experience with standard tools of measurement (like NEMS and SOPARC) common to the field environmental public health.