2019-2020 Samford University Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Samford University Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PHLT 509 - Cultural Dimensions of Health (3)


Ethnography is both an approach and a body of knowledge that can help us to understand public health issues from a grassroots, insider perspective. As an approach, it emphasizes the need to understanding people’s lives from their own point of view, usually through talking to the people concerned and observing while taking part in some aspect of their lives. As a body of knowledge, ethnography emphasizes culture and its importance for health. In this course, students will learn to gather and interpret data using ethnographic methods, critically appraise the relationships between culture and public health using a range of case studies, and apply skills of bilateral, cross-cultural communication to engage with diverse populations. Offered: Spring.



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