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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.