HLSC 2P21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Old Age, Gerontophobia, Stressor
13 Oct 2016
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Contaminated water, poor sanitation, crowded substandard housing the diseases were cholera, tb, small pox. We did something about the risk factors (public health), we developed vaccines, and people do(cid:374)"t die of tb, s(cid:373)all po(cid:454) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)holera i(cid:374) rhode isla(cid:374)d a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:373)ore. But the ses association is resilient there it is back with us again in chicago in 1930 and nationwide in the current era. Fundamental social causes involve resources such as knowledge, money, power, prestige and beneficial social connections that determine the extent to which ppl are able to avoid risks and adopt protective strategies so as to reduce morbidity and mortality. Because such resources can be used in different ways in different situations, fundamental causes have effects on disease even when the profile of risk factors and diseases changes radically. It is their persistent effect on health in the face of dramatic changes in intervening mechanisms.
