Online Spring Course: Tobacco-related Health Disparities and Social Justice (Posted 3/4/19)

UW Tobacco Studies Program is offering HSERV 556/FAMED 559 during Spring, 2019. This is a 2-credit and online course. SLN: 21553

HSERV 556/FAMED 559 – Tobacco-related Health Disparities and Social Justice (online; 2 credits; full term)

• Integrates multiple disciplinary perspectives to address the pressing issue of disproportionate tobacco use and related diseases among marginalized populations, including those defined by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
• Explores links between, and intervention strategies for, smoking and mental illness, social stress, acculturation processes, and genetics.
• Examine tobacco industry targeting marketing strategies.
• Analyze causes of health disparities.
• Identify solutions to the tobacco epidemic.

The course will be offered online, SLN: 21553

For more details and a sample syllabus, visit our website.

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