Audio Resource

Audio 1: What We Really Know--And What We Don’t Know--About Obesity

Description: This podcast episode questions the weight-obsessed American culture.

Learning Objective: 16.3: Define public health and identify important public health problems in the United States. Analyze public health issues through the lens of sociological theory.

Video Resources

Video 1: Relating Social Theories to Medicine

Description: This Khan Academy video relates the major sociological perspectives to medicine.

Learning Objective: 16.1: Explain cultural definitions of health and illness.

Video 2: The Facts on America’s Opioid Epidemic

Description: This New York Times video provides a background on the opioid epidemic, America’s deadliest drug crisis.

Learning Objective: 16.3: Define public health and identify important public health problems in the United States. Analyze public health issues through the lens of sociological theory.

Web Resource

Web 1: Facts and Figures: HIV and AIDS

Description: This UN Women article provides facts and figures about HIV and AIDS, including prevalence and new infections, factors that fuel HIV, and the response to HIV.

Learning Objective: 16.4: Recognize HIV/AIDS as a sociological concern.