MAS510

039642

This course provides and in-depth exploration on how social and cultural factors influence the health of racial/ethnic groups and underserved populations in the United States. The Socio-Cultural Determinants of Health are social, political, economic and cultural conditions, forces and factors that influence how health is distributed among entire groups and populations. The examination of socio-cultural influences is an interdisciplinary field of study that draws on research and scholarship from many areas including medical sociology, medical and cultural anthropology, public health, political science, public policy studies, epidemiology, and critical gender and race studies. This course introduces important concepts found in the scientific literature and then examines fundamental determinants of health, including income and social class, ethnicity and racism, place and space on specific determinants (e.g. segregation, racism) and health conditions (e.g. infectious and chronic diseases).

Graduate-level requirements include facilitating class discussion and organizing class lectures based on selected topics in Latino Health Disparities. Graduate students will submit two questions for discussion to the instructor that draw on materials outside of the course and also lead the class discussion for that topic.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

MAS410