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CHS 420 - Commercial Determinants of Health

(3 units)
Survey of corporate marketing and lobbying practices that are harmful to health. Emphasis on politics, business, economics and law.

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe how corporate industries are a key driver of communicable (NCDs).
2. differentiate commercial determinants with other determinants of health, including biological, behavioral, social, political, cultural and environmental.
3. explain and compare corporate political activity among major industries of tobacco, alcohol, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and fossil fuels.


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