Health and Society

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces concepts of health, illness, and well-being and examines how different framings of health have been socially constructed. The course addresses social determinants of health and concepts of health equity. It discusses the influence of cultural, environmental, socioeconomic, demographic, biological, behavioural, historical, religious, and political factors on individual and population health. (Format: Lecture, 3 hours)