POLI 474 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Medical Evacuation, Health Canada, Food Security
9 Apr 2017
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Fundamental v. proximate causes of disease + inequality: proximate causes (direct; lifestyle) Racism: colonization > foundational determinant of indigenous health, racism + colonization linked, racism. Fundamental cause of disease b/c affects access to + distribution of resources, power, social networks: disproportionate negative impact on indigenous women, colonization, land dispossession, and assimilation policies affect health: Reducing access to health food + structural environments in indigenous communities. Racism in the health care encounter: racist treatment by health care providers as barrier to accessing health care, stereotypes of aborig. people impact the care they receive, delayed or denial of treatment. Examples of colonialist policies related to access to health care: fn + inuit health branch > health canada. 83% of non-indigenous peoples have a regular medical doctor v. 45% inuit. 1960s - 1980s: medevac of pregnant indigenous women for childbirth: isolation, poor maternal psychosocial health, inuit midwives movement for reclaiming childbirth, now: medevac of women w/ medically high-risk pregnancies.
