Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - HSCI 471 D100

Special Topics in Health Sciences I (3)

Equity Health Interventions

Class Number: 3082

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    Will vary according to topic.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Selected topics in areas not currently offered within the undergraduate course offerings.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is meant to raise critical consciousness in the public health and health interventions discourse, inspire innovative thinking and engage students in understanding health challenges from an equity centered lens. We’ll cover principles and practices within public health strategies, explore the difference between community consultation and meaningful community engagement and learn about non-traditional health interventions throughout the semester. More specifically, this course will touch upon migration trends and its role in the health discourse by exploring different health interventions centered on refugee communities as a prime example.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Explore, analyze and think critically about community based practice and health equity work
  • Understand the role of community involvement, design, implementation and dissemination of interventions and research to address community health disparitiesDesign an equity centered health intervention for a health inequity and identify ethical and political challenges
  • Understand the role of partner involvement, design and implementation of proposals, interventions or research to address community and wider health inequities.
  • Work collaboratively in a team and apply course learnings into practice

Grading

  • Critical Journal Reflections 30%
  • Peer and Self Evaluations 20%
  • Team Project 50%

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.