SOCI 3202 - Health Disparities

Credits: 3

Students will be introduced to the stress-exposure disease framework for understanding the relationships among race, environmental conditions and health. The course also offers the exposure-disease paradigm that shows how environmental toxicants cause disease. Students will be exposed to structural factors pertinent to environmental health disparities including the local and national economy, neighborhood physical conditions, land use patterns, and health infrastructure.

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101