Online Lecture 2: Understanding inequalities in health

Lecturer: Prof. Jonas Minet Kinge, University of Oslo

Content of the lecture/ workshop: This lecture combines theoretical content with active learning to help students understand inequalities in health in a global and historical context. 

Objectives of the lecture/ workshop: This lecture aims to allow students to think critically about how inequlaities in health are created.

Requirements: It is advisable to review the articles to facilitate an informed discussion during class.

Recommended reading: 

• Jonas Minet Kinge et al., ‘Parental income and mental disorders in children and adolescents: prospective register-based study’, International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, 5 (2021)  1615–1627, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab066
• Jonas Minet Kinge et al., ‘Association of Household Income With Life Expectancy and Cause-Specific Mortality in Norway, 2005-2015′, JAMA, 321, 19 (2019) 1916-1925. https://doi.org/doi:10.1001/jama.2019.4329

Optional reading: 

• Sean A.P. Clouston and Bruce G. Link, ‘A Retrospective on Fundamental Cause Theory: State of the Literature and Goals for the Future’, Annual Review of Sociology, 47, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-090320-094912