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COURSE OUTLINE
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ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
~Dates are subject to change

WEEK P-1

 Pre-Departure Orientation #1: Introduction

Pass out journals; Establish goals; Pre-test on cultural humility; Discuss culminating project and presentation.

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Required Reading:

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  •  Mokuau & Matsuoaka (1995), Turbulence among a Native People: Social work practice with Hawaiians

  •  Mahi, D. (2013). The children of Kalihi

  •  NASW Cultural Standards

WEEK P-2

Pre-Departure Orientation #2:  Social problems in Hawaiʿi

Required Reading:

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  •   Stanford University School of Medicine (2017), Overview

  •   Stanford University School of Medicine (2017), Population diversity and discrimination

  •   Stern et al. (2011), Hawai‘i community stabilization initiative indicator report

  •   University of Wisconsin (2017), County health rankings Hawaiʿi

  •   Yuan et al. (2009), Quality of life in Hawai'i

WEEK P-3

Pre-Departure Orientation #3: Values

Required Reading:

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  •   Ewalt & Mokuau (1995), Self-determination from a Pacific Perspective 

  •   Stanford University School of Medicine (2017), Traditional health beliefs Native Hawaiian values

  •   McCubbin & Marsella (2009) Native Hawaiians and psychology:  The cultural and historical context of indigenous ways of knowing

 

Required Viewing:

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