Determinants of Health

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

A broad-based, interdisciplinary overview of models of the determinants of health. Includes an analysis of evidence of the relative influence of environmental factors, health services, lifestyles and health behaviours, social and economic factors, biological predispositions, and the mechanisms involved in the societal uptake of various conceptions. Prerequisite(s): Health and Society 201. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Health and Society 301 and Sociology 409 will not be allowed.