Social inequalities in health (7.5 ECTS)

The purpose of the course "Social inequalities in health" (PH004F1) is to give knowledge about central theoretical and empirical aspects of social inequalities in health. The course includes an overview of how health is distributed across different group based on the social position in society (with regard to e.g. occupational class, education, income, foreign background, and sex/gender). The student will become familiar with and discuss various models that explains the association between social stratification, life chances, and health. The course focuses on concurrent research and aims to give a basic understanding of the research front.

Course dates

Autumn 2022, period C (October, 31st - November, 30th)

PH004F1 Education plan

PH004F1 Kursplan (på svenska, juridiskt dokument)

Course content

The purpose of the course is to give the student knowledge about central theoretical and empirical aspects of social inequalities in health. The course includes an overview of how health is distributed across different group based on the social position in society (with regard to e.g. occupational class, education, income, foreign background, and sex/gender). The student will become familiar with and discuss various models that explains the association between social stratification, life chances, and health. The course focuses on concurrent research and aims to give a basic understanding of the research front.

Course manager

Jonas Landberg

Schedule

Schedule PH004F1 Autumn 2022

Literature list

Course Literature PH004F1 Autumn 2022 (200 Kb)

More information

This course is offered in collaboration with the Master’s programme in public health sciences: Societal and individual perspectives. The teaching occasions are to be attended jointly with the master students. You will find more information in the PH004F1 Course plan (above). All registered students will get access to the schedule and course material in Athena.

Admission

If you are interested in taking the course, please send an email to our study administrator  kursadmin.publichealth@su.se

 

Contact

Further questions?

If you have any questions about the course, please contact

Director of studies studierektor.f.publichealth@su.se
or
Study administrator  kursadmin.publichealth@su.se

Director of Studies, Doctoral level
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