Health Equity & Criminal Justice Micro-Credential
Take our Criminal Justice and Health Micro-Credential to better understand and address the intersection of criminal justice and public health.
Through this three-course micro-credential you will focus on mass incarceration as a major public health challenge in the U.S.
Criminal Justice and Health Micro-Credential Highlights
This credit bearing micro-credential provides you with an introduction to special topics of public health and a specialized curriculum centered on the criminal justice system, strategies for prevention and reduction of justice involvement, correctional health systems, reentry and recidivism, and social and community impacts of incarceration.
In Touro University California's Criminal Justice and Health Micro-Credential, you will:
- Explore topics through a public health lens and their impact on individuals, families, and communities.
- Examine historical origins of the criminal justice system and analyze the development of legal systems and the impacts of mass incarceration.
- Examine U.S. law and public health at the intersection of the criminal justice system.
- Examine the collateral consequences of criminal justice policy at local, state, and federal levels and their impact on community health and well-being.
- Formulate, analyze, and advocate for policies aimed to improve the health of populations impacted by the criminal justice system.
- Apply evaluation and design of policy initiatives on public health centered around criminal justice in a variety of professional environments.
Micro-Credential Curriculum
This micro-credential courses provide an overview of the intersection of criminal justice and public health within a framework focusing on mass incarceration as a major public health challenge in the U.S. In addition, you will be able to obtain instruction to assist in evaluation and design of policy initiatives on public health centered around criminal justice.
To complete the micro credential, you can choose one of the following course sequence options:
- Option 1 – Complete the micro-credential in two (2) consecutive terms: Complete the Course I in the fall term the Course II and III in the spring (Course III may be offered asynchronously ONLY).
- Option 2 – Complete the micro-credential in three (3) consecutive terms: Complete the Course I in the fall term, Course II in the spring, and Course III in the summer.
What You’ll Learn
At the conclusion of this micro-credential, you will be able to:
- Identify problems in the criminal justice system that adversely impact public health;
- Address a public health problem or issue related to correctional or reentry health promoting health education and information about symptoms and treatments of disease and protection from risk of illness or criminal justice policies with far-reaching effects on the health of individuals, families, and communities;
- Identify decision makers and stakeholders;
- Understand political considerations;
- Understand legal authority for public health policies and interventions;
- Analyze cost-benefits;
- Develop options for mobilizing community partnerships and motivating people to support a cause; and
- Select a specific issue and perform the above analysis, write policy memos, and present policy memo presentations.
Who is this Micro-Credential For & How Can it Advance Your Career?
If you are looking to advance or transition in your career, or if you’re interested in supplementing your existing educational experience, the Criminal Justice and Health Micro-Credential can you help you.
- The micro-credential offers you the opportunity to deepen and articulate your knowledge of mass incarceration as a major public health challenge and to expand your skill sets in advocacy to promote policies and programs that will improve community health.
- If you are in the non-profit sector, completing the micro-credential can help you serve communities impacted by justice involvement.
- If you are a health care clinician or health systems leader, this micro-credential can help you understand the effects of the legal system on health. You will also learn how to leverage resources and soft power to mitigate the downstream effects of the criminal justice system on public health and to develop transformative upstream solutions.
- This micro-credential will help you become a leader at an organization that delivers programs and interventions designed to address the harmful impacts of the criminal legal system.