DSOC 4100 - [Health and Survival Inequalities]

(crosslisted)
(also AIS 4100, FGSS 4100, SOC 4100) (SBA) (D)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Next offered 2012-2013.

A. Gonzales.

Historical inequalities in health and survival continue to exist today. This course covers markers of such inequalities, including region, class, race, gender, and age and examine some of the biological, socioeconomic, and political determinants of these differences. Macro as well as individual and family level determinants are examined. Policy prescriptions are evaluated and new innovative approaches proposed.