GLOBHTH 731
Social Medicine Foundations I: Social Determinants of Health
Fall 2026 · 01_FULLEAE
Topics
- Foundation: Introduction to Social Determinants of Health
- Foundation: Frameworks and Mechanisms of Social Determinants
- Overview of Core Social Determinants of Health
- Social Determinants Through the Life Course
- From Sick Individual to Sick Populations: Structural Determinants of Health
- How Do Discrimination and Marginalization Shape Health Across Populations?
- Indigenous Health Equity, Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility
- Resilience: What Helps Individuals Maintain Health Despite social Adversity
- Protective Environments: Families, Communities and Social Capital - Where do protective factors come from?
- Resilience, Context and Agency
- From Determinants to Action: Case Studies
Readings
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2026
- The outline explicitly states that no textbook is required.