Nursing 2220A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gender Identity, Femininity, Socioeconomic Status
9 Dec 2016
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The social determinants of health are conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. This is shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources. Health outcomes of canadian men and women: statistics and trends. Life expectancy is an indicator of health population, while sex differences in life expectancy tell a story about the health of men and women in that population. Women continue to outlive men, although men recently have made greater gains in life expectancy. These shuttle shifts reflect behaviours such as increased tobacco use among women starting in the 60s. Speculation that the life expectancy gap will continue to narrow and we may also begin to see a decline in life expectancy over the next decade in part to rising rates in obesity and diabetes. Men and women are not monolithic categories but groups of individuals with multiple race, age, and sexual identity.
