What are some observations you have made about health and healing in your community? Are there any particular health issues that have been a concern in your community? This first part of the final project aims towards identifying a health concern locally and finding actionable means to address these concerns.
In this portion of the final project students have the opportunity to identify a health concern of interest and research this topic through local and anthropological insights. For this proposal, I am looking for students to reflect on the questions posed below and have at least five anthropological sources (articles, books, etc.) that will help understand this health concern cross-culturally.
Identify a health concern (state the problem):
Describe a health concern that you have observed in your community.
What are the prevalence and/or incidence rates of this phenomena?
How are these rates comparable to other communities, townships, counties, cities, and/or states?
Why is it important to learn more about this health concern?
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