Graduate Prerequisites: SPH PH720 or instructor permission. - This course provides an opportunity to link theory, experience, and policy- making in the field of women's health, including cis and trans women, people assigned female at birth (AFAB), and gender nonbinary folks. The semester starts by exploring policy change and analysis with a critical eye to the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, geography, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and other identities. The remainder of the course utilizes case studies to examine the landscape of decisions and policies that shape health and well-being in a gendered context and a path forward for health and equity. Topics include mammography, trans affirming policies, social security, domestic workers rights, and BMI. Students complete the course with sharpened ability to make arguments and promote their ideas orally and in writing to audiences as diverse as legislators, the media, private foundations, public health policy-makers, and the general public. This class carries SB concentration credit.

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