IH/MCH course with open seats! MC786 – Immigrant and Refugee Family Health: Public Health Across Borders
MC786 – Immigrant and Refugee Family Health: Public Health Across Borders
Immigration has again been in the news lately, and controversy surrounds almost every aspect of immigration. Boston itself has long been a major destination for immigrants, including the Irish, the Italians, and the Chinese in the last century; more recently the Cape Verdeans, Haitians, Dominicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Somalis, Sudanese, and many other groups have made Boston their new home. If you are interested in participating in the immigration debate, or would like to deepen your knowledge of the public health issues facing immigrants and refugees, then this course might be a good choice for you. Perhaps you have worked with, or plan to work with immigrant populations – or perhaps your parents, grandparents or you yourself are recent arrivals to the US. If so, this course will broaden your understanding of the issues and make you a more effective practitioner.
MC786 will be jointly taught between the International Health and Maternal and Child Health / Community Health Sciences departments, and will carry IH and MCH concentration credit. It will be taught by Prof. Emily Feinberg, ScD CPNP of the Community Health Sciences Department, and Prof. Susie Foster, PhD of the International Health department. Teaching methods will be interactive, and will include case studies, small group work, videos and films, and in-class exercises. Guest speakers from the Boston community have also been invited.
MC786 is a four-credit course, and will meet on Monday afternoon from 2-4:45. This course has no prerequisites, so is ideal for interested first semester concentrators. Course size will be limited to 40 students. For further information contact Prof. Foster at sfoster@bu.edu or Prof. Feinberg at emfeinbe@bu.edu.
