Ateneo - UPO

The course is divided into two parts. The first part aims to delve deeper into the link between health, medicine and society from a sociological perspective. The cognitive path will pay particular attention to the following themes: care relationships and narrative approach, social health inequalities, integration of social and health services. The second part will delve into the concept of the stigmatization of mental illness and social action to promote mental health

-Mario Cardano, Guido Giarelli, Giovanna Vicarelli (eds.) Sociology of health and medicine. The Mill, 2020
-Alessandra Sannella, Lucio Maciocia (ed.) Re-generating the desire for community health, Franco Angeli, 2023
-Rocco Di Santo, Sociology of disability, Franco Angeli, 2021

The course aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge on the sociology of health and medicine through three study perspectives: micro, meso and macro. Specifically, the course aims to promote the following specific training objectives in the student: - knowing how to distinguish the main sociological theories relating to the social construction of the body and the construction of illness: - knowing how to use the life course approach in reading and interpretation of people's health and illness paths: - knowing how to use the experience of illness as an object of research and analysis in people's life paths: - knowing how to use the concepts of mental suffering, madness and disability: - knowing how to distinguish between practices and care relationships in different healthcare settings: - knowing how to interpret the processes of change in family relationships in the face of the experience of illness: - knowing how to read the territorial differences in the provision of social and health services: - knowing how to distinguish the processes of change in organizational practices and in health professions: - knowing how to understand social inequalities in health

The teaching involves the holding of frontal lessons, with the aid of PowerPoint presentations, in which the themes illustrated in the reference texts will be explained, integrated and explored in depth and with the possibility of teacher/student interaction for critical analysis, debate and request for clarifications.

The exam is proposed in a single session for the entire integrated course (Pedagogy, Sociology, Psychiatry disciplines: the test will consist of a test with 14 quizzes for teaching Pedagogy, Sociology and Psychiatry with multiple choice with a single correct answer. The duration of the test will be 45 minutes, passing with 60% of the correct answers of each discipline will give a mark expressed out of thirty which will average with the oral exam of Inf.ca of community and therapeutic education and Inf.ca in mental health and psychiatric.

The module is divided into two parts.
In the first part, the main concepts of Sociology and in particular of the Sociology of Health will be analysed, with particular reference to the following issues at a micro, meso and macro level.
At a micro level the course will address the following themes: - the main sociological theories relating to the social construction of the body and the construction of illness: - the life course approach in reading and interpreting people's health and illness paths: - l the experience of illness as an object of sociological research and analysis in people's life paths: - the concepts of mental suffering, madness and disability: - care practices and relationships in different healthcare settings.
At the meso level the course will deal with the following topics: - the processes of change in family relationships in the face of the experience of illness: - the territorial differences in the provision of social and health services: - the processes of change in organizational practices and health professions.
At a macro level the course will address these issues: - social inequalities in health.
In the second part the following topics will be covered: - stigma and social exclusion in mental illnesses: - social action to promote mental health.

1 Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the main lines of debate in the sociology of health and medicine.

2 Making judgements: ability to critically evaluate the application of concepts to social practices, interpreting situations and contexts of health and illness.
3 Ability to learn: good autonomy in the ability to analyze the topic of health and illness.