Sociology of Health

Code	13682
Year	3
Semester	A1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Social Sciences
Entry requirements	not applicable
Mode of delivery	Attendance
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	Contribute to the comprehensive training of pharmacy professionals providing them with knowledge and skills that enables them to develop a sociological understanding of health, illness and of their own professional practice. By the end of the CU students should be able to: Discuss the contributions of the sociological perspective of health and illness Analyze the impact of socio-cultural factors on health and illness Criticize the biomedical model Understand the social construction of illness and how it influences the illness experience Discuss the medicalization of life and describe its social implications Draw the relationship between medicalization and the use of medications in society Identify the impacts of social change on the profession Understand the importance of behaviors, emotions and lifestyles in health and illness Know the instruments and strategies for brief counseling Apply some of these instruments and strategies for brief counseling
Syllabus	First part - Psychology 1 - Health Psychology 2 - Impact of behavioral and emotional health 3 - Change in behavior - brief counseling Second part - Sociology of Health I - Social sciences and health sciences 1 - The Sociology of Health 2 - Why sociology in pharmacy ? 3 - Pharmacy in contemporary societies II - Health and illness as social phenomena 1 - Sociological perspectives on health and illness 2 - Social construction of illness and stigma 3 - Biomedical model ant its critics III - Medicalization of life and the use of medications 1 - Medicalization of life - contexts, agents and processes 2 - The growing consumption of medications - contexts, agents and processes IV - Pharmacy as a profession 1 - The profissionalization of pharmacy 2 - Social change and impacts on the profession 3 - The MacDonaldization of pharmacy
Main Bibliography	Carapinheiro, G. (1986) “A saúde no contexto da Sociologia”,in Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 1: 9-22. Giddens, A. Sociology, Cambridge, Polity Press, 4ª ed. Moon, G.; Gillespie, R. (1995) Society and Health. An introduction to social science for health professionals, London, Routledge Silva, L. F. (2004) Socio-Antropologia da Saúde. Sociedade, Cultura e Saúde/Doença, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta Taylor, K.; Nettleton, S.; Harding, G. (2003) Sociology for Pharmacists, London, Taylor and Francis AHRQ -(2009). The guide to clinical preventive services 2009.AHRQ: Rockville. Pp. 124-126 e pp. 132-134 IUHPE (2000). The Evidence of Health Promotion Effectiveness – Shaping Public Health in a New Europe. Brussels – Luxembourg: ECSC-EC-EAEC. pp. 1-8. Rollnick, S, et al (2010). Motivational interviewing. BMJ, 340, c1900. WHO (2006). Tackling Europe’s major diseases: the challenges and the solutions. Factsheet EURO/03/06. WHO-E: Copenhaga
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Seminar classes with introduction to and explanation of syllabus contents. Self-learning tutorial classes (group works) using scientific texts and subsequent presentation of results. Simulation of professional intervention contexts (role play). Evaluation moments: Written test and work in class (sociology and psychology). Students must obtain a mark of at least 9.5 in each of the modules to aproove The minimum mark for the concession of attendance is 6 (in each of the modules that compose the UC). Students are required to attend the classes for the preparation of group work and the classes for their presentation and discussion. Student Workers - are not subject to the same attendance regime, but will have to comply with the attendance previously defined as compulsory: be present in the classes where the group work is performed and in the classes where the group work is presented and discussed.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.