Examine urban epidemiology and the challenges and inequities in public health policy in Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Misiones.
WHY STUDY ABROAD IN ARGENTINA?
In the capital of Buenos Aires and its surrounding areas, you will explore how Argentina’s healthcare system is organized by interacting with professionals and experts and examining the national Ministry of Health’s stewardship of the system. You will visit a variety of providers, from small community healthcare centers to the largest and most complex pediatric hospital in the country.
Excursions to the provinces of Mendoza and Misiones will provide an opportunity to compare healthcare services and systems in different areas. In Mendoza, a resource-rich province bordered by the Andes Mountains, learn about using primary healthcare to improve access to health services. You will visit different types of primary healthcare centers in urban and semi-urban settings and learn about “health agents” who work to establish bridges between communities in semi-rural areas with health services.
In Misiones, an impoverished northern province bordering Brazil and Paraguay, you will learn about the role of social and community organizations in promoting the health of marginalized populations, such as Indigenous communities and urban settlements. You will analyze the efforts and contributions of civil society in the field of healthcare and its articulations with the state. Misiones is also home to Iguazú Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which you will have the opportunity to explore. You will also learn Spanish language skills related to public health issues and practice through daily interactions with lecturers, healthcare practitioners, and host families.
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KEY TOPICS
- Health system organization
- The political process of defining a public health agenda
- Social determinants of health
- Intercultural barriers to quality care
- Chronic disease in urban environments
- Health needs specific to urban environments
EARN A MINOR
SIT’s program in Argentina offers the opportunity to earn a minor in global health or Latin American studies. Through this program, you’ll examine urban epidemiology and the challenges and inequities in public health policy in Buenos Aires, Mendoza, and Misiones. You will also learn Spanish language skills related to public health issues and practice through daily interactions with lecturers, healthcare practitioners, and host families.
MONEY MATTERS
SIT is an all-inclusively priced study abroad program – including academics costs, excursions, accommodations, airport transfers, and health insurance. Be sure to discuss how study abroad costs are handled at your school with your study abroad advisor and read the website for more specific information.
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"I am studying public health and looking to pursue a career in health care and have felt that this program helped me an incredible amount not only with improving my Spanish and understanding another country's public health system, but also with understanding the importance of how the social determinants of health shape not only the individual's, but community's experiences with health."
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