HLWL 3250 Women and Health: Social and Policy issues

HLWL 3250 Women and Health: Social and Policy issues
Women and Health: Social and Policy issues
Students will explore health concepts as they apply to the particular health needs of women within the context of a gender-based health care system in the United States.  The course will address: epidemiologic and sociological analysis of the major causes of morbidity and mortality of women; impact of social and behavioral influences on women's health; relationship of social, economic, and political inequality trends to women's health and health services for women.  Contextually, this course will emphasize health promotion in women, but also integrate the effects of health services and the environment.  Special attention will be given to the intersections of race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, age, and the issue of women as health service providers.  Comparisons of national, international, and multicultural health issues will be presented.
credit hours: 3