The featured activities contain various exercises using examples of sociology of health and medicine, including social factors shaping health, social relations between doctors and patients, and the health care system, among others.
Hyeyoung Woo - Interests: Health and Well-Being, Social Demography, Sociology of Family, Aging and the Life Course, Race and Ethnic Relations, and Quantitative Research Methods.Matthew Carlson - Interests: Health care coverage, access, and quality; Health policy; Racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care.Ginny Garcia Alexander - Interests: social demography, health disparities (with particular emphasis on obesity and bariatric surgery), the role of religion on health outcomes, poverty, immigration, and quantitative methods.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction to Sociology.- Social Research Methods.- Self-Concept and Identity Development.- Socialization, Social Interaction, and Group Influence.- Culture.- Race and Ethnicity.- Social Structure and Institutions.- Demographic Structure and Patterns of Society.- Social Inequality/Class/Stratification.- Health, Health Care, and Health Disparities.