Section outline

  • Lecture:  Classic conceptual papers

    Seminal theories and frameworks that have shaped discourse about the nature and etiology of health disparities and the role of social determinants of health.

    Faculty:  Christine Dehlendorf

    Location:       Mission Hall, Conference Room 2700

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • Link BG, Phelan J. Social conditions as fundamental causes of disease. Journal of health and social behavior. 1995 Jan 180-94 File
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    • Lynch J and Kaplan G. Chapter 2, Socioeconomic Position. In: Berkman LF and Kawachi I (eds). Social Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press (2000), pp. 13-35 URL
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    • Krieger N. Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century an ecosocial perspective. International journal of epidemiology. 2001 Aug 1;30(4)668-77. File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Krieger N. Epidemiology and the web of causation has anyone seen the spider. Social science medicine. 1994 Oct 1;39(7)887-903. File
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    • Phelan JC, Link BG. Is racism a fundamental cause of inequalities in health. Annual Review of Sociology. 2015 Aug 14;41311-30 File
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    • Susser M, Susser E. Choosing a future for epidemiology I. Eras and paradigms. American Journal of Public Health. 1996 May;86(5)668-73. File
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    • McMichael M. Prisoners of the Proximate Loosening the Constraints on Epidemiology in an Age of Change. Am J Epidemiology 1999 149;10887-97. File
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    • Resources:

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    • Assignment:

      Below are discussion questions we will consider in class, that you should be thinking about as you do the reading. If you will not attend class, please submit written responses to each question of approximately one half to one page per question (email to christine.dehlendorf@ucsf.edu).

      1. How would you describe the fundamental shift in thinking within epidemiology that the authors of all these papers all urge?
      2. According to these classical conceptual papers, what are some of the most important causes of ill health and health disparities?
      3. At what level(s) should these root causes of disparities be addressed?
      4. Describe the central concept of embodiment.