FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Menopause, Coronary Artery Disease, Psychosis

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: FNF 100
• Professor: Dan Mahoney

Document Summary

What is the connection between gender and health: behaviour, social support and socialization are deeply affected by gender roles, gender roles have important consequences in determining our health and well-being. Social science thinking and research on gender and health continues understand what these differences speak to . Men"s health : men show health disadvantage in fewer but more serious respects, suffer 50-60% more injuries at ages 17-44, men exceed women in rates of: Visual and hearing impairment: paralysis, loss of extremities, higher prevalence rates coronary heart disease, occupational/work related accidents - causing disability and chronic health problems. Sex differences in incidences of acute conditions : overall 20 to 30% difference overall in nonfatal illness, women routinely report higher rates of acute and chronic illness in adulthood in all ages, women report higher rates of: Infective/parasitic diseases: respiratory conditions, digestive systems conditions, reproductive conditions.