Practicing Health Equity: Theory & Fieldwork in North Brooklyn

This two-credit, experiential program combines health equity studies with anthropological fieldwork aimed at improving people’s lives and sustaining communities in North Brooklyn. Every morning, you’ll attend lectures by Weill Cornell Medicine faculty on the theory of health equity and medicine. You’ll study the social determinants of health care, disparities in health care delivery and outcomes, and the conditions and processes you can put into place to increase health equity.