HO 100 - Health of Underserved Communities
"Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth.
Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams."
- Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
Course Description: By providing an overview of the dynamics and processes underlying the health profiles of Latinos/as and others who are Under-represented in Medicine in Los Angeles County, the goal of this class is to transform a student’s individual interest in health into a health professional career goal.
General Statement of Purpose: This course is designed to help students transform personal experiences with health
into an educational goal of attaining a career in the health professions (medicine,
dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, optometry, or other allied health professions).
Learning Objectives: This course has three learning objectives:
- To introduce students to the history of communities that are under-represented in medicine
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To present to students the current health and social conditions facing these communities, with special emphasis on LA County
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To show students the path from the first year of post-secondary education to a health professional career
Readings
- HO 100 Class Reader & Handouts and readings to be provided by instructor
- Bodenheimer, Thomas S. and Kevin Grumbach. Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 4th edition
- Alvord and Van Pelt, “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear”
Recommended Texts
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Hayes-Bautista and Chiprut. Healing Latinos: Realidad y Fantasia (To be placed on reserve in the library)
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Hayes-Bautista, David E. La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State. University of California Press, 2004
Important Links:
- Cerritos College Library
- Project HOPE
- SACNAS
- A Day in the Life of a First-year Medical Student: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- A Day in the Life of a First-year Pharmacy Student: University of New Mexico School of Pharmacy
- Center of Excellence: University of North Carolina
- Diversity in Medicine: What is the Problem?: American Medical Student Association
- Disparities in Health Care: An Overview: Academic Emergency Medicine, Nov. 2003
- Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: American Medical Association
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Health System Pharmacists
- Office ofMinority Health
- Health Disparities Experienced by African Americans
- Medline Plus: African American Health
- Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links (New Mexico State University)
- Latino Medical Student Association
- Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
- Critical Disparities in Latino Mental Health (PDF File)
- African American Community Mental Health Fact Sheet(PDF File)
- CESLAC:Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture
- HablamosJuntos
- Three in 10 Latino pre-teens have at least one risk factor for type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease
- Medscape
- The Gesundheit Institute
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