PROGRAMA DE CURSO
CURSO : Sociologia de la Salud / Sociology of Health
SIGLA : SOL3066
CRÉDITOS : 5 UC/ 3 SCT
MÓDULOS : 02
REQUISITOS : Alumno Posgrado UC
CARÁCTER : Optativo
I. DESCRIPCION
El curso propone mostrar como la sociologia, a traves de sus diferentes enfoques teoricos y
metodologicos, observa la salud en su complejidad y en su relacion con las particularidades de los
sistemas sociales, para proporcionar a los estudiantes los instrumentos esenciales para interpretar
las tendencias y las tranasformaciones que estan ocurriendo en las sociedades contemporaneas,
tanto en las representaciones individuales y sociales como en las practicas de salud.
II. OBJETIVOS
- Profundizar y discutir acerca de las practicas sociales que ocurren en distintas areas de la esfera de
la salud.
- Discutir acerca de las explicaciones y consecuencias de los principales problemas sanitarios en la
sociedad actual: sobrepeso y obesidad, medicalizacion, desigualdades en la prevencion, tratamiento
y atencion.
- Adquirir destrezas en la discusion y proposicion de un proyecto de investigacion en el cual aplicar
los conocimientos y las habilidades adquiridas.
III. CONTENIDOS
- Los enfoques teoricos recientes de la sociologia de la salud
- Desigualdades de salud
- Sistemas sanitarios
- Medicalizacion
- Genero y salud
- Salud y cuerpo: sobrepeso y obesidad
- Salud y envejecimiento
IV. METODOLOGIA
- Clases expositivas.
- Discusion de articulos.
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V. EVALUACION
Participacion y discusion en clases : 20%
Ensayos escritos : 30%
Proyecto de investigacion : 50%
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