The purposes of this course are to:
1. Examine spirituality, community, personal and family relationships, and educa- tion through the lenses of cross-cultural holistic HEALTH2 and HEALING practices.
2. Bring the student into a direct relationship with health care consumers from various cultural backgrounds—American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian/ Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, and White populations.
Selected readings, films, and field visits will assist you to visualize the relationship of HEALTH to the holistic aspects of your life and that of the multicultural communities in which you will live and work. Through this study, the course will provide insight into the nature of health/HEALTH, the comparisons of health/HEALTH and heal- ing/HEALING practices cross-culturally, and the consequences of health/HEALTH– related choices.