Provides students with an overview of demographic groups within the United States that are at disproportionate risk of cardiometabolic dysfunction and disease, with in-depth discussion regarding the various factors that contribute to such disparities.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will complete an additional research project focused on one of the various factors that contribute to such disparities.
Athena Title
Disparities Cardiometab Health
Undergraduate Prerequisite
KINS 4630/6630 or permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
KINS 4630/6630 or permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
Define health disparities and social determinants of health.
Identify demographic groups within the United States that experience disproportionate rates of morbidity and mortality related to cardiometabolic dysfunction.
Evaluate the current research with regard to health disparities in cardiometabolic physiology.
Compare and contrast the physiological mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic dysfunction and disease that are unique to specific groups or common among groups that experience disparities.
Examine the complex relationships between various environmental and biological factors and social determinants of health that contribute to disparities in cardiometabolic health.
Critically appraise potential interventional targets and intervention development, implementation, and evaluation based on specific mechanisms of dysfunction.
Discuss potential evidence-based public health initiatives and strategies aimed toward reducing health disparities.
Topical Outline
Introduction to disparities in cardiometabolic health
Review of general cardiometabolic physiology
Common contributors to cardiometabolic dysfunction, disorders, and diseases
Overview of social determinants of health
Racial and ethnic disparities
Disparities in disabled populations
Disparities by sex and gender
Disparities in veterans
Comparing and contrasting mechanisms of disparities among groups
