Health Promotion & Policy 590B - Soc & Poli Econ/Health Inequal

The focus of this course is to learn how economic, political and social policies produce health inequities. We analyze domestic and international policies through theories of political economy and how they have produced inequities among racial/ethnic, class, gender, and sexual minorities. More importantly, as future public health practitioners, healthcare providers, and community organizers, having some familiarity with the health implications of social and economic policy will allow students to create primary prevention strategies and structural interventions.

If you are an UG senior and would like to take this course, please email the instructor for permission, Dr. Airni Martinez at
admartinez@umass.edu