HSCI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Basic Income, Health Equity, Iqvia
20 Feb 2018
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The social determinants approach: used to understand inequalities, considering the interconnections b/w the determinants and how they are linked to how society is organized. Theoretical pathways (explain relationship b/w income inequality a& health. Income inequalities lead to other material inequalities (poor housing, nutrition) house disparities. Health disparities result of different behaviors or lifestyles among diff. socio-economic groups (smoking/drinking) Stress is associated with living at the bottom of the social hierarchy may lead to disease or related health outcomes. Material life conditions, experience of psychological stress + adoption of health supporting or health threatening behaviors. Neo-materialists extend analysis to try to understand how living conditions come about. Social determinants across the lifespan w/ emphasis on accumulative effects (latent, pathway + cumulative) Latent biological/early life experiences that are predictors of heart disease. Pathway experiences that set a person on a trajectory (living conditions + reading ability) Focus is on social distance + social hierarchy.
