FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Coronary Artery Disease, Reproductive Health, Hearing Loss
6 Apr 2016
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Yes - there are large differences between men and women, in terms of health. Some of the most striking and persistent differences concern"s men"s and women"s health and mortality. Adult"s rates of chronic, disease, disability and mortality are much higher than children"s (children face diff health probs than adults) Connection between health and gender is social, political, psychological and behavioural. More importantly, it is personal and cumulative! (when people expose themselves to persistent behs, things become normalized, and same goes for health consequences. Eg. smoking: people know the health warnings, but it doesn"t stop them. It is a complex web of circumstances that affect health. Behaviour, social support and socialization are deeply affected by gender roles. Gender roles have important consequences in determining our health and well- What is the connection between gender and health? being see, do about how gender is played out.
