Sociology of Health

Reproductive justice is an academic and activist framework arising from the work of Black feminist scholars who extend the reproductive rights conversation to include a consideration of interlocking oppressions and ... more

In 2018, nearly one quarter of Canadians 15 years of age or older provided informal help or care to a family member, friend or neighbour with a chronic health condition, disability or ... more

This session invites papers that focus on the theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues pertaining to the sociology of health and health care. Papers exploring health inequities, individuals’ experiences of illness ... more

Sociologists have devoted increasing attention to vaccination in recent decades. From MMR, HPV, and H1N1 to COVID-19, sociologists have investigated individual, family, and community-level attitudes and beliefs that guide ... more

The focus of this session is public health and its relationships with different kinds of trust such as political trust and social trust. A growing body of literature suggests that ... more