Health, Equity, and Economic Development

3 Credits.

Explores how economic development affects global burden of disease and human capital. Focuses on the relationship between economic growth, health, human capital achievement, and socioeconomic inequalities in health. Divided into three parts; the first part examines the effect of wealth on health, as well as, how better health influences human capital and income. The second part examines socioeconomic inequalities in health, primarily focusing on theories of how income inequalities affect health, and the measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in health. Finally, the third and last part examines policy strategies to improve investments in human capital and reduce income inequalities.