Description
This course surveys the psychological, biological, and social factors associated with racial disparities in health and mental health. The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) historic report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care will serve as a launching point. This course will be presented from the perspective of the reciprocal interactionism model that focuses on how consumer and health system dynamics reciprocally influence each other through a myriad of influencing variables, including culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income, lifestyle, racism, discrimination, and sexism.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1301, PSYC 2313 Offered: Every two years