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Socio-Scientific Health Research: A Thematic Insight and Overview
Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung: Ein thematischer Ein- und Überblick
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:36:11
Abstract
Presentation of and work with different topics and particularly relevent focal points of socio-scientific health research as well as communication of contents and becoming more familiar with ways of thinking and working in socio-scientific health research.
Objective
The students get to know important and particularly health relevant socio-scientific topics, phenomena and problems and learn how to handle related issues and questions.
Content
There are many different socio-scientific disciplines or rather subdisciplines which deal with health relevant topics such as social or health psychology, medical or health sociology, gerontology, health economics, social epidemiology etc. They all belong to the health sciences and address societal and individual causes and conditions of health and disease. These causes and conditions include experiences such as social integration or isolation, poverty, migration, violence, social deprivation and discriminiation, lifestyle, socialisation and family, personality, profession, unemployment, but also psychosocial aspects of biological characteristics like sex or age. The course gives an insight and overview of these social and personal determinants of health, which turned out to be highly relevant with regard to health, disease, life quality and mortality or life expectancy.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture with exercise | Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung: Ein thematischer Ein- und Überblick |
|
2 h weekly |