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Banner with a dark red background that seems to be textured like wood grain. On the left, bright red block text reads "Health Disparities as Social Phenomena," on the right there is a half full measurement bar with a heart (the symbol for a video game life, has half life left), under a pyramid with four levels. The pyramid has people at each level, indicating a social hierarchy. Money surrounds the person at the top.

A Brief Introduction to Sociological Perspectives on Health Disparities

Mini lecture for the Sociology Sunday series.

What are health disparities? How can they be understood as social rather than biological or genetic? In this mini-lecture, I discuss the answers to these questions.

Preview the Lecture
@medsocionwheels Health disparities are often discussed as biological/genetic, but many of the disparities we observe are social and influenced by policy. Important: systemic effects aren’t independent of powerful individual actors making the policies. Full #lecture on the MedSociOnWheels #Youtube and #Facebook! Up on the website soon. #SociologySunday #Sociology #Health #Illness #Disability #ChronicIllness #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Epi #SocialEpi #HealthDisparities #HealthEquity #OpenEducation #OpenEducationalResources #Professor #TheSystem #Systemic #SystemicInequality #Power #Oppression #MedicalSociology #SocialProblems #Sociology101 #Preview ♬ Giving Health-care – DJ BAI

Let’s examine health disparities as social phenomena:

Heather Sue M. Rosen, PhD

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