Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Health Sociology
Course Code
KSK_230
Branch of Science
Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Communication Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Vents Sīlis
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
The aim of the course is to help students to link medical theory with empirical data obtained by sociologists on individual and social factors that influence health behaviour and choice of health style.
Preliminary Knowledge
None.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.• Knowledge of the main concepts of sociology of health and medicine, the main theoretical directions of health sociology. • Knowledge of health lifestyle theories and active ageing strategies. • Knowledge and understanding of a biomedical and psychosocial model, holistic approach to the patient, sociology of doctor-patient relationship.
Skills
1.• Identify the most important sociological theories that explain health behaviour. • Understand and explain diseases in the context of experience and stigmatisation. • Explain life quality factors affecting a particular health lifestyle.
Competences
1.Analyse and evaluate the individual and social factors affecting the individual’s health behaviour and the choice of a healthy lifestyle, using a holistic approach to assessing the situation.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Individual work |
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-
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Systematical independent studies of literature.
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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-
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lecture and seminar attendance – 20%;
participation in seminar discussions – 30%;
group or individual presentation – 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Historical development of sociology of health.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Concepts of health and illness, problems in defining them.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Subjective experience of illness.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sociological interpretation of the body, the diseased and healthy body.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Ageing, health and social exclusion.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Health lifestyle theory.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Main theoretical directions in sociology of health.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Biomedical and biopsychosocial model.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sociology of doctor-patient relationship.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Plastic surgery and body modification.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Active ageing strategies.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Distinction between five health lifestyles.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Bradby, H. E. (2012). Medicine, Health and Society. London: Sage Publications.
2.
Bowling, A. (2002). Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
3.
Cockerham, W. C., (1999). Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge.
4.
Nettleton, S. and Watson, J. (eds.) (2005), The Body in Everyday Life, London: Routledge.
5.
Lupton, D. (2003). Medicine as Culture. 2nded. London: Sage Publications.
6.
Nettleton, S. (2006). The Sociology of Health and Illness, 2nded. Cambridge: PolityPress.
7.
Nettleton, S. and Gustafsson, U. (eds.) (2002). The Sociology of Health and Illness Reader. Cambridge: PolityPress.
8.
Sīlis, V. (2006 b). Rūpes par veselību un dzīves kvalitāte. Grām.: Dzīves kvalitāte Latvijā. Rīga: Zinātne, 179.–216. lpp.
Additional Reading
1.
Burdjē, P. (2004). Praktiskā jēga. Rīga: Omnia Mea.
2.
Vēbers, M. (1905/2004). Reliģijas socioloģija. Rīga: FSI.