HLTHAGE 3R03 Lecture 5: HLTH AGE 3R03 Lecture 5
7 Aug 2016
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Blane et al. , (1997:385) argue that often times, there is compression or. Collapsing of this model alongside the behaviorist model. Doing so, however, is problematic as it does not look at the materialist conditions operating independently of behaviours. Blane et al. (1997:385) also argue that this type of collapse between explanatory models is ineffective at a policy level as it assigns individual blame to structural problems. For example, blaming inactivity on lack of behaviour change but no change support is offered structurally (i. e. no parks, no low-consumption center alternatives, etc. ) Blaming obesity on individual rather than looking at social causes; maybe there"s a root cause issue. According to blane et al. , there are a variety of different hazards associated with structural/materialist explanations that lead to health inequalities including: physical, chemical, biological, psychosocial. Are we physically and financially stable to own house.
