The course aims the objectives of the knowledge of the main social dimensions of health through the investigation of the concepts of social capital, social support, somatic society, health inequalities - and of the demonstration of their possibilities in the sense of application. In particular, we will be present some models of intervention in the field of personal health (body care and demand for well-being, research of mental and physical fitness); in the field of social and inter-subjective health (relationships and social support, quality of life and lifestyles); in the field of health communication (risk communication, prevention and communication, e-health). The main result is to stimulate thinking skills and planning skills to implement social reticular frameworks as part of the promotion, communication and circulation of health.

The course is divided into several thematic modules.

1. Social dimensions of health
• The theories of the sociology of health (functionalist, phenomenological, critical)
• Health in the somatic society
• The social capital as a factor of health
• Social vulnerability and health inequalities

2. The construction of the medical health
• The biomedical model
• Bio-power and medicine
• The social construction of diagnosis
• Degrees of medicalization

3. Prevention and communication
• Prevention and precaution
• Risk and health
• Risk communication
• Health Literacy
• Principles of e-health

4. The applications of the sociology of health: some examples
• Quality evaluation from the point of view of the citizen
• e-Care and health communication
• The campaigns on health
• Plans for Health

Students will gain knowledge, and understanding of the main sociological theories of health with particular reference to the problems faced by different methodologies and epistemological perspectives.
Students will also gain the ability to apply the concepts, will be able to analyze with independent judgment projects, plans and programs for health promotion in the social system and educational system
Students will be in possession of useful skills to locate tools and methodologies of health communication functional and appropriate to the context, to simulate action plans, to design working hypothesis on the field.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching is carried out through ex cathedra lectures, seminars, regular discussions in the classroom. During the lessons, we will used syntetic schemes and explanatory presentations, such as teaching aids to the understanding of the issues examined. Such material will be made available online.

Teaching

Lectures, class discussion, seminar activity, help texts.

Attendance

For the exam students are required to prepare the texts indicated. Any examination programs customized, need to be agreed with the teacher. The students are required to  expose the issues addressed during the learning activities in the form of seminar or discussion in the classroom.

Course books

A. Maturo, Sociologia della malattia. Un'introduzione, Milano, Angeli 2007.
S. Rubinelli, L. Camerini, P. Schultz, Comunicazione e salute, Apogeo, Milano 2010.
I. Matteucci, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities: Moving Towards a Socio-Constructivist Model Supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Global Bioethics, Vol. 26 (3) 2015, Routledge.

Assessment

Methods to assess the level of preparation of students consist in the final oral examination and in the exposure of the issues addressed during the learning activities in the form of seminar or discussion in the classroom.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Students not attending will have access to the synthetic schemes and explanatory presentations used by the teacher in class, such as teaching aids to the understanding of the issues examined. Such material will be made available online.

Attendance

For the exam students are required to prepare the texts indicated. Any examination programs customized, need to be agreed with the teacher.The students are required to know the synthetic schemes and explanatory presentations used by the teacher in class, such as teaching aids to the understanding of the issues examined. Such material will be made available online.

Course books

A. Maturo, Sociologia della malattia. Un'introduzione, Milano, Angeli 2007.
S. Rubinelli, L. Camerini, P. Schultz, Comunicazione e salute, Apogeo, Milano 2010.
I. Matteucci, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities: Moving Towards a Socio-Constructivist Model Supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Global Bioethics, Vol. 26 (3) 2015, Routledge.

Assessment

Oral examination, discussion on the synthetic schemes and explanatory presentations used by the teacher such as teaching aids to the understanding of the issues examined in class and made available online.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.