GEOG 336 - Envir Hlth:Race/Class Disparit

Credits: 4

Study of differential patterns of health status and health outcomes by race, ethnicity and class in the United States. Emphasis on the role of institutional policies such as land use and zoning practices, housing and residential segregation patterns, poverty and environmental pollution in producing disparate patterns of disease and disability among African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans and the rest of the U.S. population. Issues of conceptualization and measurement of race and ethnicity in environmental health research are addressed including data collection and visualization using maps and geographic software. Prerequisites: any one or more of GEOG 101, 103, 151, 211, or ENVI 101.

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