Public Health
PHTH 4120: Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Explores how discrimination can lead to population-level health disparities among marginalized groups globally.
- Topics include constructions of social categories, such as race and gender; differences in patterns of disease across populations, both intra- and internationally; how work from various disciplines, such as anthropology, medicine, and public health, inform understanding about how discrimination relates to health; and theoretical models from different disciplines that explain public health disparities.
Explores how discrimination can lead to population-level health disparities among marginalized groups globally. Show more.
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