Courses Details

EPID761: Social Determinants Of Population Health

Mendes
Mendes de Leon, Carlos
  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Summer term(s) for residential students;
  • 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Mendes de Leon, Carlos (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: This course will provide an introduction theories, concepts, methods, and findings in recent social epidemiologic research. We will develop a basic understanding of how key social factors shape the distribution of health and disease in the general population, with a focus on race/ethnicity, social status, features of the neighborhood social environment, and individual-level psychosocial characteristics.