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CHP Global Health Programs: Indigenous People and Immigrant Populations and Health in Costa Rica: The White Myth and Access to Health Services (Outgoing Program) Featured

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  • Locations: San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Program Terms: Fall
  • Restrictions: Sacred Heart applicants only
  • Budget Sheets: Fall
  • This program is currently not accepting applications.
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There are currently no active application cycles for this program.
Fact Sheet:
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Click here for a definition of this term Faculty Leader: Bronwyn Cross-Denny
Program Description:

 
Program Through site visits, conversations, and lectures, students will immerse themselves in Costa Rican culture and the daily lives of communities in the southern Caribbean province of Limon.  Students will learn about the dominant cultural narrative (The White Legend/White Myth) that excludes the voices of Indigenous people, migrants, and Blacks and learn how this narrative affects the health and well-being of populations in San Jose and Talamanca.    Students will listen to and document the voices of Indigenous, immigrant, and Afro-Costa Rican people and produce a Vlog or video project to share with the Costa Rican community at the UCR, in La Carpio, and in Talamanca as well as the SHU community.  Discussions and reflections will promote critical thinking about global issues of health equity and social justice.  

CHP Costa RicaPuraVida
 
Students who are registered for HS 299AO in Fall 2022 are required to participate in this program.  Students who are not registered for HS 299AO are welcome to participate.  

 
Faculty Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Ph.D., LCSW
Phone: 203-371-7762
Email: cross-dennyb@sacredheart.edu


  
 
Accommodations Students will stay at a local hotel. During the course of the program, students will spend an overnight in traditional cabinas on an organic farm.  All meals included. 

 

Costs		 Fall 2022 Program Costs
The total program cost due to Sacred Heart University is $1975

Payment Due Dates:
Upon acceptance- $815 confirmation fee and $45 application fee (paid online via credit card or by check made payable to Sacred Heart University. Checks can be mailed to Jodi A. Standrowicz 5151 Park Ave Fairfield, CT 06825)
August 1, 2022- $1115 program fee (paid online via credit card or by check made payable to Sacred Heart University. Checks can be mailed to Jodi Standrowicz 5151 Park Ave Fairfield, CT 06825)

PROGRAM FEE INCLUDES: Program orientation, international airfare from NY area, U.S. and local ground transportation from SHU Campus, housing, all meals, program excursions, and mandatory basic international health and evacuation insurance.

PROGRAM FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE: Trip cancelation insurance, snacks, major medical insurance, visa/resident permit fees (U.S. residents do not need a visa), and all personal expenses
 

Scholarships
Suggested organizations for possible scholarship money is provided in the Fundraising Guide available here: Fundraising Guide 5-2023.pdf

 
Contact Jodi A. Standrowicz
Assistant Director of Global Health Programs
Phone: 203-396-6579
Email: standrowiczj@sacredheart.edu
Location: College of Health Professions - Center for Healthcare Education N104

Location
San Jose and Talamanca, Limon, Costa Rica

Duration
Saturday, October 8 - Saturday, October 14, 2022

 



This program is currently not accepting applications.