EPI 255: Social Epidemiology: Concepts and Measures for Studying Social Factors and Health (Spring 2014)

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    Social Epidemiology: Concepts and Measures for Studying Social Factors and Health EPI 255 Spring 2014 (1.5 units) . Course Director: Irene Yen, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

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    News forum
• Select section Friday, April 4, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, April 4, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Conceptual Frameworks
  Describes the key conceptual frameworks for social epidemiology research featuring: life course, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, migration, and culture

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721

  • Select activity Required Reading:

    Required Reading:

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    Honjo File
  • Select activity Kaplan critique of social epidemiology

    

    Kaplan critique of social epidemiology File
• Select section Friday, April 11, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, April 11, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Socioeconomic Status/Social Position
  This session examines the concept of socioeconomic status. There are a number of terms used in the research literature including socioeconomic status, social status, and social position. What are the differences between these terms? How are these concepts operationalized in studies? How can we study the effect of socioeconomic status on health?

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721

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    socioeconomic position chapter File
  • Select activity Singh Manoux SSM paper

    

    Singh Manoux SSM paper File
  • Select activity Socioeconomic Status - HW due at the beginning of class

    

    Socioeconomic Status - HW due at the beginning of class Assignment
• Select section Friday, April 11, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, April 11, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Race/Ethnicity
  Discussion of race/ethnicity as a biological and social concept. How are race/ethnicity and health are associated, with a focus on the research topics of interest to the class. Describe the types of unfair treatment, at the individual and structural levels.

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721 
• Select section Friday, April 25, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, April 25, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Race/Ethnicity
  Development biology, epigenetics, and race/ethnicity – implications for health.

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721
• Select section Friday, May 2, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, May 2, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Gender
  This class examines gender and gender roles as a social factor with significance for health. Depending on the class participants' research interests, this could include gender and depression, intimate partner violence, masculinity and health care utilization, and HIV/AIDS.

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721 
• Select section Friday, May 9, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, May 9, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Etiologies of Health Disparities from a Life Course Perspective

  Overview of conceptual model – social determinants, biological factors, behavioral factors and health care access and health care disparities. Social determinants, including but not limited to: stressors, access to resources, neighborhood/place, racism, environmental exposures, fundamental cause concept.

  Faculty:  Mahasin Mujahid
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721 

  • Select activity final writing assignment - one paragraph describing your final paper

    

    final writing assignment - one paragraph describing your final paper
• Select section Friday, May 16, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, May 16, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Neighborhood/Place
  How does place influence health. Different approaches to measuring neighborhood characteristics, examination of potential mechanisms through which neighborhood affects health.

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721
• Select section Friday, May 23, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, May 23, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Spatial Epidemiology Methods - to Study Neighborhood/Place

  Faculty:  Hugh Sturrock
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721
• Select section Friday, May 30, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, May 30, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture:  Cost Effectiveness
  Introduce basic concepts in economic analysis, including but not limited to cost-effectiveness analysis.

  Faculty:  James Kahn
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721 
• Select section Friday, June 6, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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  Friday, June 6, 2014; 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

  Lecture: Wrap up and Health Disparities Research

  Faculty:  Irene Yen
  
  Location:  China Basin 5721