Gender-Based Violence and Gender Health Disparities in Trinidad & Tobago: A Service-Learning Experience
Course Description
The purpose of this course is for students to gain direct, hands-on public health experience focused on preventing and responding to gendered-based violence and gendered health disparities in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Students who sign up for this course will be placed at a host site in Trinidad for four weeks to conduct pre-determined activities focused on preventing and responding to gender-based violence and gendered health disparities. Students will have a Pre-Service Orientation in Trinidad prior to serving at host sites, and weekly 3-hour lectures at the University of West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine campus
Through this service-learning experience students will learn barriers that practitioners face in Trinidad and Tobago trying to implement evidence-based strategies and interventions focused on gender-based violence and gendered health disparities, and will gain knowledge and skills to assist them in becoming compassionate health leaders in culturally diverse contexts.
Prerequisites:
- Language requirement - English
- Flexibility and confidence with independent travel
Registration Details
- NURS 298-002: Guided Independent Study
- Counts as 1 CU for N298
- Counts as experiential course for global health minor
- May meet another sector requirement (TBD)
Grading
- Timeliness (10 points)
- Class Participation (22 points)
- Journal Entries (18 points)
- Host Site Evaluations (25 points)
- Final Paper/Reflection (25 points)
Finances/Program Costs
The SON submits budget (course fee, travel and living expenses) to Student Financial Services to be added to student’s “cost of attendance.” may qualify for grants and/or loans; * some students may qualify for significant cost reduction; hence the fee range “$950 to $2716” |
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Program/Course Fee ~$950 to $2716* includes: |
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Application Deadline
January 31 (submit completed application forms* to globalhealth@nursing.upenn.edu)
Required Forms (provided after application is accepted)
- Student Health Services*
- Registration*
- My Trips International Travel Registry*
- Report/Questionnaire (completed after travel)