Overview
Description
Analysis of the social determinants of health, including the way in which social structure produces varying patterns of health and illness.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- outline health inequalities in U.S. society according to social class, race, ethnicity, and gender.
- apply sociological theory to explain the social determinants of physical health and illness and corresponding health inequalities in U.S. society.
- synthesize and integrate knowledge of the social sources of physical health and illness and corresponding health inequalities in the U.S. with respect to specific domains of social life, such as work or family.