PHP 595 Community Engagement
Community: Maricopa County & Southern Arizona
Collaboratively respond to health disparities encountered by disadvantaged and marginalized communities. Learn along side different communities such as urban, rural, homeless, veterans, border region, immigrants, and farmworkers through community-based engagement and experiential learning in collaboration with the Primary Prevention Mobile Health Unit, and Street Medicine.
1 credit, Hybrid, 7-week, second session
October 16 – December 10, 2025
Community Engagement: An Interprofessional Model of Service and Learning Collaborative course provides students with the opportunity to participate in a collaborative response to address health disparities in Central and Southern Arizona.
Students will be able to identify the cause of barriers to health and the effect of public policy, exploring social determinants of health and the role of interprofessional professionals in the community, and how to appropriately and compassionately deliver services and education.
| Mobile Health Unit | Univision Health Fair in Phoenix Community Event in Aguila, Arizona | October 25th November 1st |
| Ventanilla de Salud | Tucson | TBD |
| Street Medicine Phoenix | Phoenix | TBD |
| Farmworker | Annual Health and Resource Fair, San Luis, Arizona | December 4-6 |
Contact instructional team to Enroll Instructional Team: Dr. Sheila Soto, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Violeta Dominguez