Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Class #4: Public Health Programs

So to recap this past Monday's class, we met with Tushar J. Makadia, who worked at the Pandit Dindayal Upadhiyay Medical College, B J Medical College, and the Karnavati School of Dentistry before coming to this country. We discussed his experiences at
Specifically, we talked about the obstacles to furthering public health policies in religious communities, or, more accurately, poorly educated communities who resist activities such as immunization. We also talked about the differences in family structure in American and Indian households.

For this class, please go to your wiki page, and write down your impressions about the "Women in Prison" movie we saw at the beginning of class, about incarcerated mothers jailed in South Carolina. Please describe anything that surprised you, made an impression on you, etc. We are expecting a 2-3 paragraph response.

As for our next class, we are extremely honored to have Paul Appelbaum join us next Monday morning. He was a past President of the American Psychiatric Association, and a nationally renowned expert in forensic psychiatry. We invited him because of your interest in that science career. I would list some of his publications, but the list is voluminous, so I'll leave it to you to find articles you are interested in discussing. Please come prepared to discuss the nuances of forensic psychiatry.

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