PUBH 301 Women's Health
This course provides an examination of women's health across the life cycle, with special emphasis on the structural and societal factors that influence health outcomes among women. It introduces students to public health frameworks for assessing women’s health issues within various contexts. This course uses these frameworks as a basis for examining the relationship between social and cultural factors and women’s health. It provides an overview of the emerging and on-going issues in women's health, including sexual and reproductive health, contraception, gender-based violence, mental health and substance abuse, in order to understand and address health inequities.