HHSC 410 Health Services for Marginalized Populations

4 semester hours

This course will focus on the mental and physical health needs of transitional populations, which include transitional age youth (16-25 years of age), homeless individuals seeking permanent supportive housing, ex-offenders on probation in residential re-entry centers, and veterans seeking stable housing options. All populations are socially and financially vulnerable and may also be struggling with barriers to stability (lack of educational attainment or job training), alcohol/other substance abuse, and depression due to estrangement from friends, family, and/or support networks.

Well-being is a complex phenomenon that exists at the intersection of both biological health and social wellness. As such, this course takes a community health science approach to examining the intersections of individual biological health, broader health systems, and public health. This class is community-based and includes a fieldwork component. it uses social justice-based, community learning strategies to deepen students’ conceptual frameworks, empathy/solidarity, ability to work on team-based projects, and ability to enact social change.

Prerequisites: HHSC 150 or HHSC 155 , HHSC 230 or HHSC 278 , PSYC 1000 .