Assignment 1
Health plays major role in functioning of society. Define the relationship between social behavior and health. Justify your answer using examples and reasoning.
What are the social factors that play a critical role in improving health?
What are the social factors that are the greatest threat to health?
How can sociology help health practitioners better understand their patients and provide improved forms of health care?
Submit your answers in a three- to four-page Microsoft Word document
Assignment 2
Assignment Details
Consult at least four scholarly journals of public health and medical sociology and conduct an in-depth literature review concerning an issue of national or international significance.
Describe the issue in your own words, paraphrasing the author(s). You may need to restrict the subject to fit within the timeframe and paper length.
The paper will address, at a minimum, how the issue or problem occurred; public health's involvement; which population, if any, is most impacted; social determinants; epidemiological measures; and governmental responses to the selected issue or problem.