Psychology, Health and the Gender System
Code: 105819 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies | OB | 2 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Margot Pujal Llombart
- Email:
- Margot.Pujal@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Beatriz San Román Sobrino
Prerequisites
This course has no prerequisites.
Objectives and Contextualisation
- Know the basics and history of the gender perspective in health, as a model of biopsychosocial analysis and integrating psychological health.
- Identify the gender psychosocial determinants in health from an intersectional perspective.
- Analyze the implications of the application of the gender perspective in the field of health and psychology.
Competences
- Contribute to the prevention of gender biases in health centres and psychological care services from the sociocultural knowledge of gender issues.
- Emit judgments on relevant aspects related to gender as a function of significant data on the psychological configuration of the human being, as well as those come from the physical and social environment.
- Incorporate the non-androcentric perspective in the work carried out.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Work cooperatively and energize multidisciplinary and diverse teams, assuming and respecting the role and diversity of those who make them up.
Learning Outcomes
- Compare in a basic way the different current scientific models of health and disease and their relationship with the sex / gender system.
- Distinguish the effects of the sex and gender variables in the empirical analyzes.
- Document psychosocial processes by looking for examples in everyday life.
- Identify, in the field of health, the importance of gender identity, roles and sociocultural beliefs.
- Interpret action plans aimed at equality in health matters, as a result of applying the integrated gender perspective in health.
- Know the public policies that affect equality in health and the principles of gender for its application to plans and reports related to the field of health.
- Put into practice skills to work in a team: commitment to the team, habit of collaboration, ability to promote problem solving.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
Content
- The role of gender in the construction of the binomial health/ illness through the history of science.
- The approach to sexual difference and gender in the history of Psychology.
- Gender as a contemporary context of vulnerability
- Psycho-social determinants of health from a gender perspective
- Interseccionality, gender and health
- The gender approach in Psychology: methodology and epistemology
- Gender inequalities and inequities in healthcare and psychological care
- Characteristics of an inclusive psychology, of equality and diversity
Methodology
The course will be developed through directed/supervised sessions, autonomous work and tutorials. The face-to-face sessions will be devoted to the presentation of the course contents by the teaching staff and invited professionals, with the active participation of the group of students in their analysis and discussion. The autonomous work includes activities such as reading and comprehensive and analytical study of texts, comprehensive and analytical viewing of audiovisual materials, information recession and writing, among others.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 6, 2, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 5 | 0.2 | 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 |
| Workshops | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Critical reading | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 4, 9 |
| Documentation research | 15 | 0.6 | 6, 2, 9 |
| Work production | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 |
Assessment
In order to pass this subject, students must obtain an overall grade equal to or greater than 5, this grade resulting from the calculation of the grades obtained from the four learning evidences (the sum of the grades proportional to the percentages indicated for each learning evidence). Students obtaining a global average grade of less than 5 will be deemed to have failed the subject.
The grade of "No avaluable" (“not assessable”) shall be given to students who submit fewer than 2 learning evidences; in all other cases, the final grade will be the weighted average of all learning evidences.
In order to opt for re-assessment, students must have obtained a final overall grade of between 3.5 and 4.9 in this phase. In the re-assessment phase, students may have those evidences re-assessed that have previously been assessed as insufficient; these will be analogous to those submitted during the continuous-assessment process. The maximum grade that can be obtained from this re-assessment is 5.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active engaging in class activities | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 |
| Analysis group work | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 |
| Essays | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 |
| Written test | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1, 6, 2, 4 |
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