1. MATTHEW FIFOLT ♂
Information acquired: 2025
MATTHEW FIFOLT is an academic who published a paper in 2019 entitled Adv,,ncing Public Health Education Through Place-Based Learning: â€oeOn the Road in the Deep Southâ€. MATTHEW FIFOLT published this work as part of a team: Fifolt, Matthew. Here is a description of this work: Documented health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities exist in the United States, and health injustices frequently have deep historical ties, especially in the South. Therefore, it is critically important for students to understand root causes of both historical and contemporary public health issues and their effects on population health. In spring 2018, 15 undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham participated in a six-credit-hour travel course by touring throughout the Deep South to learn more about the ways in which history and place interact with programs, policies, and practices to influence population health. Students saw firsthand how the social determinants of health frequently affected access to health care and discovered the value of a multidisciplina.
