PUBLIC HEALTH

Use a sociological perspective to understand what is health.
Provide knowledge on the determinants of health and risk factors.
Provide knowledge on the evolution of the health system and on the principles and functioning of the Italian health system.
Analyze policies to combat health inequities and access to and use of health services.

Knowledge and understanding

Knowing health and healthcare system dimensions

Understanding the social and environmental changes in health conditions of people over the last decades

Applying knowledge and understanding

Being able to identify common trends of health concept change and healthcare system functioning.

Developing skills to evaluate policies to combat health inequalities and promote individual and social well-being

Sufficient educational skills in logic, social culture and reasonable capacities in learning, writing and communication

The course sets out to provide knowledge of the main dimensions concerning sociology of health and health care.
In a micro sociological perspective, our attention will focus on the social construction of illness, on the doctor-patient relationship and on the patient’s experience of illness.
In a macro-sociological perspective, it intends to provide students with tools to understand the persistent health inequities in our society. Moreover, we provide knowledge on the determinants of health and risk factors.
The course will reflect on increasingly pervasive medicalization / pharmacologization processes.
In addition to health issues, we will provide knowledge on the evolution of the health system and in particular, on the principles and functioning of the Italian health system.
Finally, we will analyze policies to combat health inequities and access to and use of health services.
The course will give specific attention to Covid-19 pandemic issue, evaluating the impact on health and healthcare system.

Terraneo M. 2018. La salute negata. Le sfide dell’equità in prospettiva sociologica, Milano, FrancoAngeli.

Toth F. 2014. La sanità in Italia, Bologna, il Mulino (capitoli 1-2-3-5-Conclusioni)

Lecture notes “Salute, sanità, società”, available in e-learning course site

Lesson slides

Specific reading materials on health emergency from Covid-19 will be suggested during the course.

Written examination test (1 hour and 30 minutes) -> Three open questions on programme and topic discussed in class. To overcome the exam, it is necessary to obtain a positive result (18 or more) in each answer. The final grade assigned is the average of the three grades obtained in each answer.

Lectures and class discussion on specific topics.

Students have to enroll on e-learning platform, where they will find support materials for the lessons

Italian

The teacher is available for explanations and clarifications only by appointment via e-mail. Students must write to the following address:
marco.terraneo@unive.it

Only for communications regarding course contents, students can write to the following address: marco.terraneo@unive.it.

The teacher will not respond to requests of administrative nature for which we invite you to contact the competent secretariat.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development