Health Inequalities

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the study of the social determinants of health. We will examine how health disparities are defined and measured and explore issues such as how the structure of society affects who gets sick and who gets care when they are sick. We will study the intersections of socio-demographic, stigmatizing and socioeconomic factors that characterize marginalized populations at the individual, institutional and systemic levels. This course will review determinants that influence health outcomes of the most disadvantaged populations in the United States. Special attention will be given to socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, and gender status and their relationships with health disparities and inequities.