THE SALUD SYLLABUS
An 8-session syllabus designed by Latinx advocates, scholars, and physicians
Tailor-made for high-school Latinx students to begin understanding and questioning the status-quo
Aiming to inspire creativity, scholarship, and a passion to initiate change
Explore health and its social determinants through a social justice framework
BULL CITY’S HEALTH
Explore health and its social determinants in the context of Durham County
Develop an appreciation of health outcomes in your specific neighborhoods by analyzing data and using research tools
Build teamwork and critical thinking skills to further explore how to affect change on the personal, familial, communal, state, or national level as it relates to nutrition and food insecurity
RACISM IN HEALTHCARE
Define racism in healthcare
Understand how racism in healthcare manifests both within and outside of Durham/the Latinx community
Think critically about ways to combat racism in healthcare
MENTAL HEALTH
Define key concepts related to mental health and stigma by exploring cultural factors in the Latinx community
Develop an appreciation for the lived experience of toxic stress
Learn about mental health clinical work as an avenue for activism
Learn about the anatomy and physiology of the human brain
ENVIRONMENTAL & FOOD JUSTICE
Use data tools to explore the relationship between ecosystem health and human health
Define the principles of food justice
Learn about environmental injustice and the history of the environmental justice movement
Think critically about development of food and environmental justice interventions
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
Examine metabolic syndrome (obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance) and its complications that disproportionately affect the Latinx community
Develop an appreciation of the importance and how to develop early interventions for childhood obesity
Utilize medical school education methods to further explore the clinical effects of metabolic syndrome
Learn about the anatomy and physiology of the heart
SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Define key concepts related to reproductive justice and its impact on health outcomes, especially in the Latinx community
Address common misconceptions regarding sexual health
Examine sexual stigma, homophobia, and machismo, especially as it relates to HIV/AIDS in the rural south Latinx community
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
Explore healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors, especially among young adults in the Latinx community
Discuss consent, rape culture, and intimate partner violence and examine their relationship to reproductive justice
Revisit topics such as stigma, homophobia, and machismo
FARMWORKER HEALTH
Connect the dots between all program topics discussed-to-date and the health inequities that affect the farmworker community
Learn more about rural medicine and advocacy by exploring how community organizations play a part in increasing access to healthcare
