Health Policy
The Health Policy pathway is comprised of two streams – Health Disparities and Health Policy. In the Health Disparities stream, students will explore inequities within the health system and the relationship between health and poverty. For students who want a more general exposure to health policy issues, the Health Policy stream includes a variety of topics ranging from aging to genomics. A sampling of past internships in these areas is included – for a full listing, visit the Undergraduate Internship Office.
Courses:
| PUBPOL 108 | AIDS: Ethics, Policy, and Representation |
| PUBPOL 157 | Health Policy |
| PUBPOL 178 | Comparative Health Care Systems |
| PUBPOL 195/6 | Special Topics: |
| Health Policy Uninsured | |
| United States Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities | |
| PUBPOL 263s | Pub Health Issues: Prevention/Management |
| PUBPOL 264/S | Special Topics: |
| Globalization Health Equity | |
| Health Care Policy in Developing Countries | |
| Poverty, Inequality and Health | |
| POLSCI 176 | Perspectives on Food and Hunger |
Representative Internships:
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | New York, NY |
| Durham Regional Hospital | Durham, NC |
| Health Inequalities Summer Internship Program (Duke) | Durham, NC |
| Pan American Health Organization | Washington, DC |
| Public Hospital Pharmacy Coalition | Washington, DC |
See also the Health Inequalities Program
Courses:
| PUBPOL 100s | Children and Illness |
| PUBPOL 104s | Medicine and Documentary Photo |
| PUBPOL 111 | Intro to United States Health Care System |
| PUBPOL 156 | Health Economics |
| PUBPOL 157 | Health Policy |
| PUBPOL 160s | Long Term Care Policy |
| PUBPOL 178 | Comparative Health Care Systems |
| PUBPOL 179s | Reinventing Age |
| PUBPOL 195/6 | Special Topics: |
| Health in the Genetic Age | |
| Health, Science, and Human Rights | |
| The Human Genome/Law (Focus) | |
| Medicine, Photography and Documentary Tradition | |
| Social & Political History of Genomics | |
| Social Dynamics of Global Health | |
| World Drug War in the 20th Century | |
| PUBPOL 251s | Regulating Vice/Substance Abuse |
| PUBPOL 253 | Politics of Health Care |
| PUBPOL 255s | Health Policy Analysis |
| PUBPOL 264/S | Special Topics: |
| Alcohol Policy | |
| Getting Value of Money in Healthcare | |
| Human Genome and the Law | |
| Political Philosophy, Public Policy, Genetics | |
| Responsible Genomics | |
| Social and Political History of Genetics | |
| HIST 189B | History of Public Health in America |
| SOCIOL 163 | Aging and Health |
| SOCIOL 227BS | Social Behavior and Health |
Representative Internships:
| National Human Genome Research Institute | Bethesda, MD |
| Ohio Department of Aging, Long Term Care | Columbus, OH |
| Texas Department of Health | Austin, TX |
| UT Houston Medical School | Houston, TX |
| VA Medical Center | Fayetteville, NC |
See also Health Policy Certificate Program, Center for Health Policy, and Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy
Please contact the Undergraduate Office with questions.
