UM SPH Academic Courses

EPID761 Perspectives in Social Epidemiology

Summer term(s)

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Intro Epidemiology and Perm. Instr.

Description: There are few arenas of epidemiologic inquiry which do not bear the imprint of societal and psychosocial processes. This course will provide an introduction to some of the core theories, concepts, methods, and findings in the social epidemiologic investigation of health and diseases. Using a combination of lectures, in-class exercises and discussions, we will focus on describing and understanding the associations between social class, race and ethnicity, psychosocial factors, neighborhood characteristics and lifecourse processes to the incidence and progression of various health outcomes. Our approach will include a discussion of both upstream and downstream factors, covering both policy and intervention issues as well as the more proximal behavioral and biological mechanisms which link social and psychosocial factors to health outcomes. Prerequisite: Introductory-level course in epidemiology.

This is a Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology course.

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