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Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Academic Level: Junior, Senior, Sophomore Language(s) of Instruction: Other (non-English)
Housing Options: Homestay, Hotel/Hostel Program Model: Partner Provider
Area(s) of Study: Anthropology, Cross-cultural and Global Studies, Educational Management, Foreign Language, Health Promotion, Healthcare Administration, Humanities, Internship, Latinx and Latin American Studies, Multicultural Studies in Education, Other, Public Service Leadership, Social Work, Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies Minimum GPA: 2.50
Open to Non-UHCL Applicants: Yes
Program Description:

SIT Study Abroad: Argentina: Public Health in Urban Environments

Examine urban epidemiology and the challenges and inequities in public health policy in Buenos Aires.

WHY STUDY ABROAD IN ARGENTINA?

More than 30 percent of Argentina’s population lives in greater Buenos Aires. Living in this urban area, you’ll see marked contrasts of wealth and poverty and related disparities in healthcare. You’ll benefit from SIT’s close partnership with ISALUD, the nation’s top health university and think tank. You’ll also have access to senior public officials and other health professionals and advocates.

Excursions will provide opportunities to compare healthcare services and systems in different areas. In Buenos Aires, you will explore how health systems organize by dialoguing with people and experts and visiting various services from small community centers to the country’s largest and most complex pediatric hospital. In Mendoza, you will learn about using primary healthcare to improve access to health services. In Misiones, one of the country’s most impoverished provinces, you will learn about the role of civil society in health promotion, as well as healthcare access for Indigenous populations. You will also visit the Ruins of the Jesuit Missions, where during the 17th century, missionaries worked to evangelize the Indigenous people, the Guaraníes.

You will also learn Spanish language skills related to public health issues and practice through daily interactions with lecturers, healthcare practitioners, and host families.

Please visit the SIT Study Abroad website for details on the program highlights and details of coursework, educational excursions, and housing.

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

MONEY MATTERS

SIT is an all-inclusively priced study abroad program – including academics costs, excursions, accommodations and meals, 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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Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Spring 2025 03/07/2025 ** Rolling Admission 02/18/2025 06/02/2025

** Indicates rolling admission application process. Applicants will be immediately notified of acceptance into this program and be able to complete post-decision materials prior to the term's application deadline.