RATIONALE:
We, in Health Science, believe this course is a good course to add to the interdisciplinary program because it is taught from different disciplinary perspectives. Women’s health is primarily studied from health science, history, psychology, and sociology. However, these four dominant perspectives also require the discussion of such topics as economics, politics, women studies, and social justice. For example, in using a historical view, we discuss and analyze the history of women’s health and health related issues (e.g. women’s role in health care). In using the psychological perspective, we look at mental health and mental health related topics, particularly focusing on the history of women’s mental health, the psycho-sociocultural issues of diagnostic categories, and the biopsychosocial issues of body image, eating disorders, and alcohol and other drug problems. In using the sociological view, we incorporate the issues of societal roles, sexism, and oppression in understanding women’s health from the past to the present.
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