Gender and Sexuality

Gender and Sexuality

By exploring gender and sexuality in public health, you can help develop inclusive health policies and programs that ensure equitable access and address the specific needs of diverse populations. This includes understanding the unique health challenges faced by women and LGBTQ+ individuals, as well as the impact of gender-based violence and discrimination. Career paths in this field encompass roles such as public health researcher, gender and sexual health educator, women's health advocate, policy analyst, and positions within non-profits and community organizations.


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AFAS 3304 - Race and Global Health Inequities: Social determinants and Intersectionality

ANTHRO 3070 - Human Variation

ANTHRO 3201 - Gender, Culture and Madness

ANTHRO 4134 - The AIDS Epidemic: Inequalities, Ethnography, and Ethics

ANTHRO 4610 - Queer Medicine: Theories, Methods, Provocations

ITAL 4100 - Mamma Mia! Motherhood, Maternity, & the Female Reproductive Body in the Italian Cultural Context

LATAM 3160 - Cultures of Health in Latin America

PHTPS 6011 - TPS: Gender, Poverty & Global Health

PHTPS 6012 - TPS: Global Reproductive Health

PSYCH 4557 - Biopsychosocial Aspects of Eating Disorders and Obesity

PUBHLTHSOC 3210 - History of Public Health

WGSS 3055 - Making Sex and Gender: Understanding the History of the Body

WGSS 3081 - From Hysteria to Hysterectomy: Women's Health Care in America

WGSS 3135 - The Racial and Sexual Politics of Public Health

WGSS 3155 - Gender, Health, and Society

WGSS 3215 - Bodies Out of Bounds: Feminist and Queer Disability Studies

WGSS 3500 - Trans Studies

WGSS 3622 - Women, Health, and Media

WGSS 4115 - Gender, Religion, Medicine and Science