EARTH SCI 770 / Use of Secondary Data Analyses to Examine Social Determinants of Health

3 unit(s)

M. Boyle, K. Georgiades, B. Newbold (cross-listed as ECON 770, PSYCH 770, HTH RS M 790)

This course will provide students with applied secondary data analyses skills to address research questions linked to the social determinants of health across the lifespan. The course will include: 1) a substantive focus on the emergent concepts, methods, frameworks and evidence for examining the role of social factors in shaping health inequalities; and 2) a methodological focus on the use of secondary data analyses to address questions linked to the social determinants of health. Students will be asked to develop and address a research question using secondary data available to the course instructors. Working collaboratively, students will complete an empirical research paper with the purpose of submitting to a peer-reviewed journal by the end of the course.