Social and Structural Drivers of Health

Catalog description

This course examines each of the five major social drivers of health (SDOH) domains - economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context - and considers their impact on individual and population health and health inequities. This course also emphasizes the structural drivers of health, systems, and policies that affect the five domains and how resources are distributed. Prerequisite: admission to the public health and community health education major. Offered Fall, Spring.