POPLHLTH 102
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- Health
- The ability to function normally in daily living
- Disease
- objectively diagnosed biological or mental condition
- Illness
- Subjective feeling of being unwell, of having ill health
- Society
- The totality of social relationships among organized groups
- Social factors
- All the phenomena involved with the interactions between 2 or more people
- Inequality
- Being unequal
- Health Inequality
- Differences in health between groups
- Inequity
- Injustice or Unfairness
- Health Inequity
- Differences in health between groups, that are unjust or unfair
- Unavoidable Scarcity
- The resources is FINITE and not able to be reallocated from other sources
- Economic Scarcity
- The SIZE of the resource is determined by its PRIORITY
- Socioeconomic Status
- A complex mix of social and economic circumstances of an individual or group of individuals
- Artefact
- Suggested that the relationship does not exist (Artificial Relationship
- Poverty
- Welfare level below a reasonable minimum
- Absolute poverty
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A condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs
Includes Food, safe drinking water, sanitation, facilities, health shelter, education & information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services - Relative Poverty
- Lack the resources to obtain the type of diet, participate in the activities and have the living conditions and amenities which are customary, or at least widely encouraged or approved of in the societies to which they belong.
- Social Support
- Measured by the amount and frequency of contact with social network members and in terms of the perceived quality and stability of supportive relationships.
- Social Capital
- Degree of SOCIAL COHESION which exists in communities. It refers to the processes between people which establish networks, norms and social trust and facilitate co-ordination and co-operation for mutual benefit
- Cultural/Behavioral
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Lower SES behave in ways more likely to damage health
High SES behave in ways less likely to damage health - Natural Selection
- Individuals are 'selected' into High/Low SES (genetic superiority implied for HIGH SES)
- Social Selection - UPWARD mobility
- Healthy individuals more likely to thrive
- Social Selection - DOWNWARD Mobility
- Unhealthy Individuals more likely to struggle
- Intragenerational
- During life, Individual moves up or down SES
- Intergenerational
- Due to class of origin, Individual moves up or down SES
- Direct selection
- Selection based on current health status
- Indirect selection
- Selection based on potential health marker
- Historical events
- Groups who have experiences significant or traumatic events are in lower SES OR will end up in a Lower SES