Course Title:
Race, Ethnicity, and Health in the United States
Course Description:
Explores the role of economic, social, and individual factors in explaining racial and ethnic health disparities, and examines intervention approaches to eliminate them. Topics include genetic and social constructions of race and ethnicity, measuring race and ethnicity, and the differences in prevalence and patterns of disease across groups; cultural and structural factors that affect health-care delivery, such as discrimination, racism, and health status; and public health approaches to prevention and improving health-care delivery. Class activities include field work.
Fall Offering:
Every
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Prerequisite 2:
Cross-Listed Course 1:
BHS U520
Prerequisite 3:
Cross-Listed Course 2:
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Cross-Listed Course 3:
Prerequisite 5:
Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Cross-Listed Course 5:
Repeatable:
N
