HSERV 515: War and Health
\nSpring Quarter 2015
\nMondays and Wednesdays, 9-10:20
\nFriday discussion section, 9-10:20
\nHealth Sciences building T531<\/p>\n
HSERV 515 War and Health (4)<\/strong> <\/p>\n More information: Amy Hagopian, Hagopian@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Evan Kanter and I are offering first-ever UW class on war and health. If you were born in 1991 or later, the U.S. has been at war during your entire sentient life! It\u2019s among the most important determinants of health, if not directly (through mass killings), then indirectly (through diversion of resources, creating a culture of violence and militarism, undermining health and education systems, spurring refugee migration, and more).<\/p>\n Course limited to 50 students.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HSERV 515: War and Health Spring Quarter 2015 Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10:20 Friday discussion section, 9-10:20 Health Sciences building T531 HSERV 515 War and Health (4) Explores the health consequences of war (injury, infectious diseases, mental health, chronic disease, malnutrition, infrastructure) and the role of health professionals and others in preventing war (advocacy, measurement and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses-and-registration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16643,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions\/16643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nExplores the health consequences of war (injury, infectious diseases, mental health, chronic disease, malnutrition, infrastructure) and the role of health professionals and others in preventing war (advocacy, measurement and application of epidemiology methods, promotion of social equity). Offered: jointly with G H 419\/GH519
\nView course details in MyPlan: HSERV 415<\/p>\n
\nDr. Kanter\u00a0is an MD PhD neuroscientist and psychiatrist who has worked at the VA to counsel veterans with PTSD. He\u2019s also served as president of the national\u00a0Physicians for Social Responsibility<\/a>.\u00a0I\u2019ve<\/a>\u00a0led projects to measure war-related\u00a0mortality<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0morbidity<\/a>\u00a0in Iraq. To bring these subjects to life, students entering the class will each select a \u201cstudy war\u201d (your own personal war!) to serve as a case example of topics we explore. The Friday discussion circles will include representatives of a number of wars to compare and contrast. Graduate students in the course will serve as discussion leaders.<\/p>\n