CURSO: Medicion de Bienestar a lo largo del Ciclo de Vida TRADUCCION: Measurement of Well-Being across the Life Course SIGLA: SOL4021 CREDITOS: 05 UC MODULOS: 02 REQUISITOS: Sin Requisitos CONECTOR: Y RESTRICCIONES: Nivel Postgrado CARACTER: Optativo TIPO: Catedra CALIFICACION: Estandar I. DESCRIPCION Este curso presenta el marco teorico y conceptual sobre el bienestar social, economico y psicologico de las personas a lo largo del ciclo de vida. Se revisan y discuten los principales instrumentos de medicion de bienestar chilenos e internacionales. Ademas se discuten los principales desafios metodologicos en el estudio de los determinantes sociales del bienestar sicologico, fisico y financiero. II. OBJETIVOS 1. Comprender los principales desafios y herramientas en la conceptualizacion y medicion del bienestar social, psicologico, economico y fisico. 2. Reconocer las especificidades asociadas a la medicion del bienestar en las diferentes etapas del ciclo de vida. 3. 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