The Social Construction of Health and Health Service Delivery

3 Credits

Dedicated to the social processes that shape health, health care seeking, health professions, and health care organizations. Students will learn how key concepts and theories from social epidemiology, medical sociology, organizational behavior, and management theory are integrated and applied to health services research. Readings will include a mix of theoretical and applied papers, and particular attention will also be paid to the research methods, study design, and construct measurement used in theory-informed research. The semester will culminate in a development of a theory-based empirical research proposal.