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ASB100 - Introduction to Global Health

The study of human health patterns at an international and local scale. Focus on pressing global health challenges that the world faces today are examined from a broad social, ecological, and cultural context.

The following are links to the required readings for your class. In some cases, you may need to input your MEID and password to access the reading.

ASB100 Readings

1. Epidemiology 101 - Chapter 1
2. Tricking and Tripping: Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS
3. What is Sprawl? What Does it have to do with Health? - Urban Sprawl and Public Health : Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities
4. Circumcision, Pluralism, and Dilemmas of Cultural Relativism
5. Case 1: Eradicating Smallpox - Center for Global Development
6. The Role of Anthropological Methods in a Community-Based Mosquito Net Intervention in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania - Chapter 3 - Google Books
6. The Role of Anthropological Methods in a Community-Based Mosquito Net Intervention in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania - Chapter 3 - EMCC
7. NCDs - Noncommunicabvle Diseases
8. The Role of Health Impact Assessment in Promoting Socio-Economic Regeneration in Deprived Areas
9. Untapped Potential of Health Impact Assessment

More ASB100 Readings

1. Darrin Nordahl: Public Produce - pg 34-68

2. Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food - pg 19-26

3. Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food - pg 89-100

4. Brigitte Jordan: Birth in Four Cultures - Chapter 5