SOC POL 351- Topics in Social Policy: Social Policy and the US ...

(*)(skim) US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority
Health, (2002). ‘Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: The
National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Disparities in
Health.’ Access www.summit.omhrc.gov/summitoolkit.pdf .
(Optional) View the video ‘You Can’t Tell by Looking.’ Access
www.amafoundation.org. Click on ‘Health Literacy.’
Assignment
Divide into groups to write individual papers and do group presentations on health
disparities. Identify issue to instructor by January 14. Group presentations are
February 2 and 4, individual papers are due February 4.
Diabetes/Latinos
Asthma in Urban Populations
Infant Mortality/Low-income and minority
Heart Disease/African-Americans
AIDS in Africa
Breast Cancer/Caucasian Women and African-American Women
(other topics may be chosen if sufficient interest exists)
January 14 Session 4
Health Disparities
Arrange groups for health disparities presentations and papers
Readings
Epstein, AM, Zyanian, JZ. (2001). ‘Racial Disparities in Medical Care,’ The New
England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 344(19): 1471-1473.
Katz, JN. (2001). ‘Patient Preferences and Health Disparities,’ JAMA, Vol.
286(12): 1506-1509.
Ashton, CM, et al. (2003). ‘Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Health
Services,’ Journal of General Internal Medicine, 18: 146-152.
January 19 Session 5 (Martin Luther King Day)
Discussion regarding NCHS tables 30, 32, 45, 46, 47 and 63.
Readings
(*) Health, United States, 2002, National Center for Health Statistics. Access
www.cdc.gov/nchs/ From home page, click on ‘Health, United States,’ under