HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE LONG 20TH CENTURY

HISTSCI/MEDHIST 509

Health problems in the U.S. from the colonial period to the twentieth century; efforts made toward their solutions.

MEDHIST 724

Examination of the social and historical roots of health disparities, including histories, practices, and current methodologies informing contemporary health disparities research. Participate in or explore content such as reviewing case studies pertaining to landmark research with priority populations identified by the National Institutes of Health (NIH); engage with leading scholars from across the School of Medicine and Public Health; grant proposal writing, presentation of student-led research; prepare drafts of NIH Aims page.

HISTSCI/MEDHIST 919

Analyzes the scientific and social aspects of the development of modern medicine and public health in Europe and America.

HISTSCI 404

What is disease? Who decides? What are the consequences of labeling a behavior a disease? Can disease be a tool of liberation? Can disease be an instrument of oppression? How do race, class, and gender affect our understandings of and experiences with illness? How have diseases shaped American history? Illustrates the various ways disease operates in America and examines the role of disease on at least four levels--political, social, cultural, and personal--to demonstrate that diseases are not merely bodily afflictions; they are also participants in the body politic. Each disease covered is chosen to illustrate a different point about the social and cultural lives of disease in the history of the United States. Though diseases are covered in a chronological fashion, this coverage is not meant as a narrative history of disease.

MEDHIST 709

Advanced readings in primary and secondary literature concerning public health issues and problems in America from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and efforts made toward their solutions.