HNSC 2184 Health Disparities in the United States: A Multideterministic Perspective

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as H&NTR 37.5.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)

3 hours; 3 credits

A comprehensive, multideterminist perspective of health disparities in the United States. The multiple factors that interact to produce health disparities within populations including access, utilization, and quality of health care services, biological/genetic factors, culture/ethnicity and their impact on health status, environmental and occupational factors that affect health status, lifestyle factors, psychological factors, sociodemographic factors, and socioeconomic status.

Prerequisite: Health and Nutrition Sciences 1100 [6.1] or permission of the chairperson.

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