Read the Chapter on Health and Illness and pay close attention to the descriptions of epidemiology and social inequality.
After reading, I would like you to watch a lecture in the lecture folder by Dr. David Ansell, a medical doctor and social epidemiologist. He is the author of a recent award-winning book The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills. His book demonstrates how life expectancy rates vary greatly by race and region in the U.S. It is an opportunity to consider how issues related to socioeconomic status and race intersect with health.
For your homework, find a scholarly article dealing with some aspect of race, class, or gender (the topics we have covered in recent weeks) and an epidemiological trend. Given our recent pandemic there are certainly plenty of related topics-COVID's impact on Latinos, women, those with preexisting conditions, etc. That said, you don't have to deal with COVID if you don't want. There are plenty of other health trends to deal withat the intersection of race, class and gender and health.
To find a scholarly article, use databases provided by our library's website. I suggest Pub Med Central, New England Journal of Medicine, or Social Science Full Text. You can try them all. A little advice. When you go to the opening page of these sites click "advanced search." Moreover, try not to put more than one word per search box unless the terms go together. You can always add as many search boxes as needed.
Once you've found an article, answer the below questions as thoroughly as possible:
1. First, provide title and authors) of the article you're reviewing. Also, if possible, provide a link to the article.
2. How does this article help you understand epidemiology? How does this article help you understand race, class, or gender? How does this article help you understand the intersection of race, class, or gender with epidemiology?
Share the major findings of the research if you have not already.
4. In your opinion, was the article well researched? Review the methods used to inform the authors) position and address how the authors) substantiated their position, findings, or arguments?
5. What research questions (or epidemiological questions) should be studied further given points made and findings?
6. What questions are you left with?
