Globalization, Culture and Care 

What are the forces that create good public health in some communities, and ill health in others? Why have health disparities within and across countries widened, even as modern health care has discovered the causes of many illnesses and prevented many deaths?

IHP’s Health and Community program strengthens students' ability to understand, interpret and compare the biological, ecological, economic, political and socio-cultural factors that affect human health.  Students broaden their global perspective and deepen their skills in critical and comparative thinking, while gaining practical knowledge about:

• The health impacts of globalization
• Comparative health systems
• Governance and policy-making
• Public health issues and innovative strategies to address them
• Field-based research methods and analysis.

From Southeast Asia to South Africa, in city neighborhoods and rural villages, students learn to listen to and understand multiple voices: people in local communities, governing bodies and non-governmental agencies.

Future health care leaders come away with the confidence to ask important questions, analyze alternatives and set priorities for achieving sustainable and just solutions.

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