HST209H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Grounded Theory, Ethnomethodology
10 Apr 2020
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Children, outdoor workers susceptible to effects of depleted ozone layer. Air pollution (including second hand smoke) significant association with health. Low income= uncertainty, insecurity, lack of control over life. Men and social exclusion; higher rates of suicide. What accounts the most for cvd rates in populations. Restrict behaviours (age limits on drinking and smoking) Attributes of people/places = health behaviours of people = health of population. Focuses on changing broader determinants rather than individual. Gay men in louisiana & mississippi, late 1989. Bartenders in gay bars asked to identify popular patrons. Men encouraged to begin conversations with bar patrons. Lesson: using popular figures to publicize safe sex. Result: more condom usage, increase in hiv knowledge. Focus on perceptions of drinking among fellow students. Research suggests that students over-estimate the amount of drinking their classmates do. Theory of change (change norms, change perceptions, change drink behaviour) Extreme increase in hiv prevalence between 1988-1993 (mainly between heterosexual)
