Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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IHS 4350 - The Impact of Social Determinants on Health Outcomes
Provides students with a broad understanding of how a person’s life and health are impacted by social and community context. Students learn to link the social, mental, and physical health of an individual to the larger societal factors with an interdisciplinary mindset by exploring how various sectors approach interventions to mediate the impact of inequality and disparities. Course satisfies the College of Health Sciences and Professions Interprofessional Education requirement.
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe community and societal factors that impact health outcomes.
- Students will be able to explain how the cultures, values, and beliefs of program recipients and program providers may have an influence on patient care and outcomes.
- Students will be able to describe the relationship between social determinants of health and health disparities.
- Students will be able to explain current programming that addresses social determinants of health and health disparities.
- Students will be able to explain the importance of interprofessional collaboration in health care in relation to health outcomes.
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