Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology
Video and Multimedia
Audio Resources
Audio 14.1: Native Americans in the U.S. Healthcare System
Description: NPR’s story highlights the invisibility many Native Americans feel when it comes to their healthcare.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
Video Resources
Video 14.1: What’s Next in American Healthcare
Description: PBS takes a look at the state of American healthcare, seven years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
Video 14.2: Sick Around America
Description: Frontline travels across America to collect stories of Americans without health insurance.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
Video 14.3: Mental Health
Description: PBS highlights some of the social consequences of being labeled as mentally ill.
Learning Objective: 14.3: Describe the role of the sick person.
Web Resources
Web 14.1: 1,495 Americans Describe the Financial Reality of Being Really Sick
Description: This New York Times piece takes a look at a newly released survey questioning sick Americans about things such as bill paying strategies and savings.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
Web 14.2: Dopesick
Description: The New York Times reviews the book Dopesick and discusses the worst drug crisis in American history.
Learning Objective: 14.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.