Social Determinants and Equity in Public Health

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The course provides the student with a background on the social determinants of health and their role in the health disparities of the population. The student will develop the knowledge and basic skills to discuss how structural bias and social inequities affect the population, producing disparities in health. Through readings, critical reflections, discussions and presentations, the inequities that arise from macro social determinants (political, economic, social and public, sociocultural values}, social stratification categories (income, class, gender, occupation, education, race/ethnicity), social environment (housing, neighborhood and work conditions), and social and collective behavior will be studied. At the end of the course the student will analyze the socioeconomic and political factors that affect the health of the population and challenge the achievement of equity in health at the organizational, community and social levels.