HLT 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Health Equity, Organic Food, Common Cold
13 Mar 2017
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Ch14- how psychosocial factors affect health and health behavior. Most important predictor of health is socioeconomic status (ses) Health gradient holds at all levels of the social scale. Health also affected by gender, marital status, race, and ethnicity. In us, racial and ethnic minorities have poorer health than whites. Health disparities are a big concern of public health. Less money = easier to pick fast food than spending more money on making meals. Higher ses leads to more healthy behavior. Mortality is increased after death of a spouse, loss of a job, divorce. Stress increases risk of heart disease, common cold. Words of encouragement can really make you feel better. Example of health promotion program - aids prevention. Aids prevention was performed in san francisco, 1980s. Communicator"s internal use of language or thought. There is something i can do that will lessen the threat of infection . Educational programs for bartenders in gay establishments.
