This seminar examines the impact of poverty and socioeconomic inequality, more generally, on the health of individuals and populations. Attention is given to both US and non-US populations. Topics covered include the conceptualization and measurement of poverty and socioeconomic inequality at the individual and population level; socioeconomic gradients in health; and the adequacy of public policy responses in the US and elsewhere to health inequity challenges in the age of globalization.
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