SOC100H5 Lecture 15: Health & Medicine
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Canada has shown improvement in health over time due to the onset of industrialization and capitalism. Lifestyle and diet: excessive substance use, poor diet. Culture: spiritual vs. organic causes of epilepsy, jehovah"s witness- prohibition on blood transfusion. Environmental factors: income distribution, poverty, community, access to health care, country of origin, environmental racism, exposure to toxins. Class inequality: high stress and inability to cope, development differences, education, Gini coefficient (standard measure of economic disparity)- countries lie somewhere along the spectrum. Community: poor, urban communities, availability of fresh produce, availability of. Public health system: government-run programs that ensure access to clean drinking. Health care system: a nation"s clinics, hospitals and other facilities for ensuring health. Country: obscene of basic medical resources, inability to control infectious disease water, basic sewage and sanitation, and inoculation and treating illness. 25% of canadians, 36% of on-reserve aboriginals, nearly 10% of children aged 6-17. Sharp increase over the past few decades, costs billions for health care.
