基本素養 Basic Literacy
核心能力 Competence
課程概述 Course Description
健康不平等是全球公共衛生與政府所關注的重要議題。本課程將會介紹健康不平等的定義,從行為、社會心理、物質主義、生命歷程等理論,來探討造成健康不平等的成因,並介紹測量健康不平等的概念與指標。本課程除了理論的探討外,將以台灣與國際的實例,說明健康不平等的型態及相關議題,並針對一些健康議題與社群,來探討因應健康不平等的各種政策措施,包括政策執行的優先順序及資源如何配置。Health inequality is an important issue for global public health and governments worldwide. This course will introduce the definition of health inequality, explore the causes of health inequality from theories of behavior, social psychology, materialism, and life course, and introduce the concepts and indicators of measuring health inequality. In addition to theoretical discussions, this course will use Taiwan and international examples to explain the types of health inequality and related issues. This course will also address some health issues and certain populations by exploring various policy measures to address health inequality among these areas, including priority setting in policy implementation and resource allocation.
課程學習目標 Course Objectives
課程進度 Progress Description
進度說明 Progress Description | |
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1 | Course Overview, Expectations, and Requirements |
2 | Introduction to the Health Disparity, Health Inequality and Health Inequity |
3 | What is Social Inequality |
4 | What is Health Inequality |
5 | View a BBC documentary《56 up》Episode 1 & 2 |
6 | View a BBC documentary《56 up》Episode 3 and group discussions |
7 | Figuring Out Health Inequality |
8 | Explanatory Models I: Behavioral and Cultural Explanations |
9 | Explanatory Models II: Psyhco-Social Factors |
10 | Explanatory Models III: Materialist Explanations |
11 | Midterm Week - Midterm paper due (NO CLASS! ) |
12 | Macro-Social Models |
13 | Gender and Inequality in Health |
14 | Ethnic Inequalities in Health I |
15 | Ethnic Inequalities in Health II |
16 | Health Inequality in the Life Course |
17 | Health Inequality Research and Policy Debate |
18 | Final Paper Presentation |
課程是否與永續發展目標相關調查
Survey of the conntent relevant to SDGs
本課程與SDGs相關項目如下:
This course is relevant to these items of SDGs as following:
- 消除貧窮 (No poverty)
- 消除飢餓 (Zero hunger)
- 健康與福祉 (Good health and Well Being)
- 教育品質 (Quality Education)
- 性別平等 (Gender Equality)
- 就業與經濟成長 (Decent work and Economic growth)
- 工業、創新與基礎建設 (Industry Innovation and infrastructure)
- 減少不平衡 (Reduced Inequalities)
- 永續城市與社區 (sustainable cities and communities)
- 和平與正義制度 (Peace justice and strong institutions)
- 全球夥伴 (partnerships for goals)
有關課程其他調查 Other Surveys of Courses
1.本課程是否規劃業界教師參與教學或演講? 否Is there any industry specialist invited in this course? How many times? No
2.本課程是否規劃含校外實習(並非參訪)? 否
Are there any internships involved in the course? How many hours? No
3.本課程是否可歸認為學術倫理課程? 否
Is this course recognized as an academic ethics course? In the course how many hours are regarding academic ethics topics? No
4.本課程是否屬進入社區實踐課程? 否
Is this course recognized as a Community engagement and Service learning course? Which community will be engaged? No