HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cardiovascular Disease, Trade Union Confederation Of The Americas, Early Start
31 Oct 2016
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Statistic presented in the media file (1 hr presentation); know for final exam. Education is positively associated with income: better educated = more money you will make (how it was 100 years ago too) Income is positively associated with health: more money you have the more access you have to healthy things, ie. food. Better socioeconomic status = better health: social standing (education and economics) Early childhood development (most vulnerable age w/ education) Material access to diet, housing, education and recreational opportunities. I(cid:374) the last (cid:1006)(cid:1004) (cid:455)ears, (cid:449)e(cid:859)re seei(cid:374)g (cid:272)hildhood o(cid:271)esit(cid:455) o(cid:374) the rise, sede(cid:374)tar(cid:455) lifestyles, etc: diet not access to food, but access to quality food, many children are malnourished. Ie @ 6yr old, a child can be malnourished even though they are morbidly obese and has the vascular system as a 45 yr old male. Cultural/behavioural beliefs, norms, values: beliefs values and norms w/ respect to the immediate family, neighborhood, school system tc.
