Structural racism. Misogyny. Transphobic legislation. What do these things have in common? Minority stress! We currently have an epidemic of chronic, noncommunicable, and infectious diseases plaguing women, people of color, and LGBTQIA2S+ individuals subject to excessive levels of psychosocial stress and structural violence. Through group discussions, clinically relevant case studies, and examinations of the most up to date literature, students in this course can expect to gain a thorough understanding of how psychosocial stress and structural inequity affect the human body, and how interventions from the community level to the individual level may alleviate this population-specific disease burden.

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