The Influence of Social Context on Health
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Overview
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After taking this course, you will be able to identify ways in which conditions in the healthcare setting and at work, school, and home influence health; identify models for considering how the social context provides both sources of stress and sources of support for health; and explain how social and physical environments, including schools and workplaces, the healthcare system, and neighborhoods, shape health and health inequalities over the life course.
Syllabus
- Week 1
- This unit will introduce the social determinants of health framework and provide an overview of how stress and social connections impact health.
- Week 2
- This unit will provide an overview of the ways in which the work and school contexts shape health.
- Week 3
- This unit will introduce the healthcare system and discuss its impact on health disparities.
- Week 4
- This unit will explore ways in which neighborhoods and the environment affect health.
Taught by
Briana Mezuk and Belinda Needham
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