HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Food Security, Social Capital
16 Nov 2016
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Social structure and health by segall and chappell. Social structure lends insight into the forces that affect our lives: experiences and positions within the social structure affect our attitudes and behaviours. Tony and fisal: expectations that tony, given his poorer status, will have more health problems and die earlier of natural causes than fisal who has more economically substantial background. Social structure: pattern of interrelated statuses and roles found in a society or other group at a particular time and constituting a relatively stable set of social relations. Organized pattern of the interrelated rights and obligations of persons and groups in a system of interaction as analyzed in terms of statuses, roles, social norms, and social institutions. The term social organization is used synonymously with social. Poverty in relation to poor health structure: people need the basic necessities of life: food, clothing, and shelter to lead healthy lives.
