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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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SO 215 - Social Determinants of Health
In this course, we will examine the social determinants of health; in other words, how social conditions, such as where people live, who they are friends with, and what kind of job they have, shape health outcomes. We will pay special
attention to the relationship between various types of inequality (income, race, and gender) and health. The course will be structured as a “journal club,” where students will learn how to read peer-reviewed academic studies in demography, epidemiology, public health, medical anthropology, and sociology and evaluate their methodological rigor. Using the tools of demography, students will also learn how to analyze and account for trends and differences in morbidity and mortality at the population level. The course will draw on both global and domestic case studies.
Credits: 4
Notes: SO-101 or AN-109 or AN-110 strongly recommended but not required.
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