{"id":23326,"date":"2013-05-07T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/?post_type=profile&p=23326"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:40:35","slug":"shelley-m-brown-mph","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/profile\/shelley-m-brown-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelley M. Brown, PhD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Shelley Brown, PhD, MPH is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences. Dr. Brown\u2019s research focuses on the key linkages between health, human development and human rights, especially women\u2019s mental health during the perinatal period. She is currently involved in a number of research projects in the United States and South Africa. Shelley\u2019s research is deeply interdisciplinary and engages the larger themes of health equity, global health, health systems and women\u2019s health, utilizing both health systems information and qualitative research to inform proposed changes in policy and clinical practice. Research projects include the implementation and promotion of perinatal mental health policies in practice, health system responses to intimate partner violence in South Africa; translation of evidence-based policy into practice in low and middle income countries; unmet mental health and social service needs of formerly incarcerated women living with HIV in the Deep South; and the legal obligation in South African to provide human-rights based mental health services in the perinatal period. She is the inaugural director of Sargent\u2019s Service Learning Program, serving in that capacity since 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

Courses Taught<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SAR HS325<\/strong>: Introduction to Global Health<\/h3>

This course will provide students with an overview of the complex social, economic, political, environmental, and biological factors that structure the origins, consequences, and possible treatments of illness worldwide, as well as the promotion of health. Students will learn about the major themes and concepts shaping the interdisciplinary field of global health, and will gain an understanding of solutions to health challenges that have been successfully implemented in different parts of the world. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Ethical Reasoning, Teamwork\/Collaboration. (Credits: 4)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>

SAR HS348<\/strong>: Global Mental Health<\/h3>

This course provides an overview of critical issues in mental health and mental illness worldwide from a public health perspective. Globally, mental and neurological conditions are the leading cause of disability, and the World Health Organization estimates depression to be the largest contributor to the global disease burden by 2030. The burden of mental disorders on low- and middle-income countries is especially great while a large treatment gap persists. The course covers the concept of mental health, conceptualization and classification of disorders, cultural context, social determinants, causes and consequences of mental health disorders, strategies for intervention, policy development and implementation, human rights, women's mental health and research priorities. Special attention will be paid to the unmet need for mental health care globally (using case studies), disparities in access and use of services, stigma and attitudes towards treatment seeking. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry II. (Credits: 4)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>

SAR HS405<\/strong>: Health Science Practicum<\/h3>

Undergraduate Prerequisites: Senior standing - Practical experience in health care setting (health policy, administrative, constituent advocacy) in hospital, clinic, public health setting, government or non-governmental health agency setting. 2 or 4 credits. (Credits: Var)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>

SAR HS434<\/strong>: Global Health Policy and Governance<\/h3>

The world's countries--low-income nations in particular--face numerous health challenges, including pandemics like coronavirus and AIDS, spread of infectious diseases, reducing the incidence of maternal death in childbirth, climate change, food security, strengthening national health systems and managing a complex global health architecture. This course will examine these and other global health issues with an emphasis on the forces that shape global health policies and actions with an impact on peoples' health in an increasingly complex global governance context how you as an actor in global health can intervene to improve health conditions for the poor. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the relationship between the processes of globalization and global health policy and social, political, economic and environmental determinants. (Credits: 4)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n