SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH

SOCI331

Course Code: SOCI331
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

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Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Discuss the transformation from the sociology of medicine to the sociology of health and illness.
Compare the analysis of health at institutional, organizational and individual levels
Discuss the differences in the study of health according to classical, contemporary and current sociological approaches.
Discuss the effects of technology, especially artificial intelligence, on health professions.
Discuss different approaches to the body as an emerging field within the sociology of health in recent years.
Discuss inequalities in health, especially related with gender, class differences and ethnicity.
Criticize and evaluate the sociology of health studies in Turkey theoretically and methodologically.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

The historical development, subjects, scope, theoretical and methodological approaches of the sociology of health and disease will be discussed. Studies on current issues in the sociology of health and disease (for example, the Covid-19 Pandemic process, body sociology and anti-vaccination and violence against the physician) will be examined and evaluated critically.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Basic Concepts of Sociology of Health
2^nd Week	Health and Illness: Social Factors
3^rd Week	Health and Social Inequalities
4^th Week	Public Health and Social Policy
5^th Week	City and Environment Health
6^th Week	Health and Gender
7^th Week	MIDTERM EXAMINATION
8^th Week	Biopolitics and the Body
9^th Week	Medicalization of the Illness Experience
10^th Week	Transformation of Health Physician/Patient Roles
11^th Week	Health and Healthcare Systems
12^th Week	Health and Ethics
13^th Week	Health and Migration
14^th Week	Health and Technology
15^th Week	General Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

Copelton, D.A. and Weiss, G.L. (2023). The Sociology of Health, Healing and Illness, 11th Edition, Routledge: New York,Chapter 1.
Weitz, R. (2020). The Sociology of Health, Illness,and Health Care, (8th Edition), Cengage Learning:Boston, Chapter 1 (The Sociology of Health, Illness and Healthcare).
Olafsdottir, S. And Beckfield, J. (2011) ?Health and the Social Rights of Citizenship: Integrating Welfare-State Theory and Medical Sociology? in Pescosolido, B., Martin, J.K., McLeod, J.D. and Rogers, A. (eds) (2011). Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness and Healing, A Blueprint for the 21st Century, Springer, 101-116.
Han, Z., Xia, T. , Yanxin, X and Li, Y. (2023).
?Healthy Cities, A comprehensive dataset for environmental determinants of health in England cities?, Nature, Scientific Data 10, Article number: 165, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02060-y.
Mesa-Vieira et al. (2023). ?Urban Governance,
Multisectoral Action, and Civic Engagement for Population Health, Wellbeing, and Equity in Urban Settings: A Systematic Review?, International Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605772.
Ghazal Read, J. And Gorman, K. B. (2011). ?Gender and Health Revisitied? in Pescosolido, B. , Martin, J.K., McLeod, J.D. and Rogers, A. (eds) (2011). Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness and Healing, A Blueprint for the 21st Century,Springer, 411-430.
Sanders, C. And Rogers, A. (2011) ?Bodies in Context: Potential Avenues of Inquiry for the Sociology of Chronic Illness and Disability within a New Policy Era? in Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness and Healing, A Blueprint for the
21st Century, Springer, 483-504.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	1	5	5
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	40	40
Course hours	15	3	45
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	10	10
Total Work Load			155
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.16
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

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