- Docente: Antonio Francesco Maturo
- Crediti formativi: 2
- SSD: MED/42
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicine and surgery (cod. 9210)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
Describe and critically scrutinize the proximal and structural determinants of health, their uneven distribution within and between different populations, and identify health professionals’ responsibility in reducing inequalities in health, both at a global and local level.
Contenuti
Different approaches on health inequalities:
The health-self management proposal
The cognitive-behavioral approach
The culturalistic approach
The structural approach
Structural violence approach
Social Determinants Theory
Psycho-social approach
Social Network approach
The ecological approach
The life course perspective
Health Vulnerabilities in the Digital Society
Health inequalities in the Medical encounter (The Health Capital Perspective – Shim)
Four social theories in Global Health
Students are required to read the materials before class
Lesson 1
Introduction to the course
Lesson 2
Farmer P. (2005), Pathologies of Power, University of California Press, Berkeley: Ch. 1 On suffering and structural violence, pp. 29-50.
Lesson 3
Kleinman A. (2010), Four social theories for global health, The Lancet, 375: 1518-1519
Ch. 1, Link B. and Phelan J., Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities, pp.3-17, in Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. and Timmermans S. (Eds.) (2010), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
Lesson 4
Ch. 8, Robert S. et al., A Life-Course Approach to the Study of Neighborhoods and Health, Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. and Timmermans S. (Eds.) (2010), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Ch. 4, Rieker P. et al., Understanding Gender and Health: Old Patterns, New Trends, and Future Directions, in Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. and Timmermans S. (Eds.) (2010), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Lesson 5
Scalvini M. (2010), Glamorizing sick body: how advertising has changed the representation of HIV/AIDS, Social Semiotics, 20(3): 219-231
Hofmann B. (2002), On the Triad Disease, Illness and Sickness, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, n.6: 651-673.
Lesson 6
Shim J. (2010), A Theoretical Approach to Understanding Health Care Interactions and the Dynamics of Unequal Treatment, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(1): 1-15
Maturo A., Moretti V. (2017), Sociological Theories on Air Pollution: Between Environmental Justice and the Risk Society Approach, in Capello D, Gaddi A. Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases, Springer.
Lesson 7
Maturo A., Mori L., Moretti V. (2016), An Ambiguous Health Education: The Quantified Self and the Medicalization of the Mental Sphere, “Italian Journal of Sociology of Education”, 2016, 8(3), 248-268.
Maturo A. (2012) Social Justice and Human Enhancement in Today’s Bionic Society, “Salute e Societa’”, XI(2): 15-28
Lesson 8
Review of the course
Testi/Bibliografia
REQUIRED READINGS
Farmer P. (2005), Pathologies of Power, University of California Press, Berkeley: Ch. 1 On suffering and structural violence, pp. 29-50.
Kleinman A. (2010), Four social theories for global health, The Lancet, 375: 1518-1519
NEW: Ch. 1, Link B. and Phelan J., Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities, pp.3-17, in Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. and Timmermans S. (Eds.) (2010), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
Ch. 8, Robert S. et al., A Life-Course Approach to the Study of Neighborhoods and Health, Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. and Timmermans S. (Eds.) (2010), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Ch. 4, Rieker P. et al., Understanding Gender and Health: Old Patterns, New Trends, and Future Directions, in Bird C.E., Conrad P., Fremont A.M. and Timmermans S. (Eds.) (2010), Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Scalvini M. (2010), Glamorizing sick body: how advertising has changed the representation of HIV/AIDS, Social Semiotics, 20(3): 219-231
Hofmann B. (2002), On the Triad Disease, Illness and Sickness, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, n.6: 651-673.
Shim J. (2010), A Theoretical Approach to Understanding Health Care Interactions and the Dynamics of Unequal Treatment, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(1): 1-15
Maturo A., Mori L., Moretti V. (2016), An Ambiguous Health Education: The Quantified Self and the Medicalization of the Mental Sphere, “Italian Journal of Sociology of Education”, 2016, 8(3), 248-268.
Maturo A. (2012) Social Justice and Human Enhancement in Today’s Bionic Society, “Salute e Societa’”, XI(2): 15-28
Maturo A., Moretti V. (2017), Sociological Theories on Air Pollution: Between Environmental Justice and the Risk Society Approach, in Capello D, Gaddi A. Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases, Springer.
Metodi didattici
Class discussions
power point
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Oral examination
Orario di ricevimento
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