Social & Cultural Perspec in Public Hlth

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

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In this unit, students explore the multi-disciplinary partnerships between public health and the social science disciplines including sociology and anthropology with particular attention to the ways in which cultural beliefs and practices shape population risks for both infectious and non-infectious diseases and how social factors such as social status, ethnicity and gender impact on health inequalities. Thus this unit will provide students with a solid grounding in understanding the different ways in which the social sciences contribute to public health theory and practice.

• Describe the way key social science disciplines inform understandings of health
• Describe social science influences on public health theory, method and practice
• Explain how cultural and social factors shape population health and public
• health interventions
• Critically appraise public health literature in terms of social and cultural content

Unstructured Reflective Journal of 2,000 words (40%) Two 1,500-word projects (30% each)

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.