社會流行病學

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the course students should be able to: 1. Identify major social determinants of health outcomes in populations; 2. Use types of evidence and data available to support concepts of the social causation of disease; 3. Employ methods, describing the advantages and disadvantages of each, for studying the social distribution and determinants of disease in human populations; 4. Apply findings from research related to conditions and attributes associated with social inequalities in health outcomes in human populations; 5. Assess the empirical literature, making recommendations for new research that will facilitate our understanding of the social determinants of disease. The course is organized around a series of topics keyed to readings in the text and other materials. Course topics will be addressed through lectures, class discussions/activities and final paper. The class should be viewed as a learning community, and a strong emphasis will be placed on student participation.

This is a graduate level course. Students are expected to attend and be an active participant in all sessions. Specific information on attendance will be posted on eCampus and discussed with students at the beginning of each semester.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Class Participation: The participation of everyone is essential to achieve the learning goals of this course. In-class exercises will be conducted and used as an indicator of his or her understanding of the assigned text readings and lecture content. Class participation will also be assessed and strong and constructive involvement in the classroom process will have a positive impact on a student’s final course grade. Students are expected to complete these readings before the class meeting for which they are assigned. Student Presentation: Each student will be required to independently present a SocioEpi topic by original papers according to his/her own research interests. COURSE GRADING: Specific criteria for evaluation will be posted on eCampus and discussed at the beginning of each semester. Final grades will be determined as follows: 70% Class participation and student presentation 30% Final report

Aneshensel, C.S. (2013). Theory-Based Data Analysis for the Social Sciences. SAGE publications, Inc. USA. Berkman, L. F., & Kawachi, I. (2014). Social Epidemiology: Oxford University Press, USA.