Spring Public Health Course, Work with Real-World Seattle Organizations

NEW COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT!

Social Work Students will enjoy the new Public Health Leadership, Planning and Advocacy skills class, which was piloted last year and earned top ratings.

HSERV 590A: Public Health Leadership, Planning and Advocacy (4)

SLN 14990

Mondays and Thursdays, 3-4:5pm

South Campus Center 303

In this course you will tackle pressing public health problems with Seattle-area organizations (our “clients”) while working in interdisciplinary teams. You will have a real-world influence on important public health problems while producing a great project for your job portfolio!

We have organized some strong projects for students to work on in small teams, including (plus more):

• Increase access to Hepatitis C treatment for active drug users (People’s Harm Reduction Alliance)
• Help city of Auburn residents to better prepare for a variety of emergencies(UW-City of Auburn Livable City Year Program)
• Work with the Somali Health Boardto develop a training for mental health workers in south Seattle
• New WA law on Medicaid access for released prisoners: how’s it going? (NW Health Law Advocates)
• Are we prepared for what happens with all the nuclear weapons in Puget Soundif there’s an earthquake? (Physicians for Social Responsibility)
• With the death of the Affordable Care Act, how should the UW help its students get health insurance? (Hall Health)

Email Amy Hagopian for syllabus or questions, hagopian@uw.edu.

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