Overview
Description
Structural, intrapersonal, and interpersonal factors in population health and wellness. Topics include health equity, disparities and influence of cultural and normative factors on health.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Core
CO10, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe, compare and contrast the approaches to health used by the different fields of health psychology, social psychology, community/public health, and medical sociology.
- identify personal and community behaviors and the consequences of those behaviors as they relate to health status and health outcomes.
- identify and describe diverse influences such as culture, social structures, socioeconomic status, and group norms on human health and health equity.
- explain how diversity in thoughts, feelings and attitudes impact health disparities, health equity and other health outcomes.
- compare behavior change theories and evaluate when a particular theory should be used especially, in which culture and group.
- evaluate the ethical issues associated with structural influences on health and personal responsibility for health as viewed from a dominant and minority position.
- produce an upper-division research paper based on scholarly sources which addresses multi-level approaches to health and includes a critique of the existing literature.
- provide constructive feedback on a peer¿s paper both in writing and verbally.