Soc 4010 WA Critical Public Health

Topics

• What is Public Health? What is a social problem?
• Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on Public Health
• The Critique of Health Promotion
• Syndemics: A “Synergistic” Approach to Public Health?
• The Public Health Consequences of Austerity
• Denormalization": Tobacco Control
• Harm Reduction and Safe Injection Sites
• Epidemics and “Reckless Vectors”
• Vaccine “Hesitancy”
• Firearms and Public Health
• Mental Health as a Public Health Issue
• Course Conclusion