GH 490/590D Global Violence and Health (3 credits)
All Sections: Thursdays 9:30-11:20am
Graduate Discussion Section: Thursdays, 11:30am-12:20 pm
Undergraduate Discussion Section: Tuesdays, 10:30-11:20 am
Instructors: Deepa Rao and Charlie Mock
The Department of Global Health is offering a new 3-credit course that is designed for both undergraduate and graduate students
interested in pursuing work at the crossroads of the Health and the Social Sciences. The course will examine the socio-cultural and
political forces that give rise to violence.
Topics covered include:
• Assessing Violence and Measuring Change
• Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment
• The Global Farmer Suicide Epidemic
• Gender Based Violence and Maternal Child Health
• Health Consequences of War, Conflict, and Political Violence
• Torture and Mental Trauma
• ‘Non-Violent’ Resistance
Please contact Paul Nevin with any questions at penevin@uw.edu.
