AHS107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Socioeconomic Status, Reasonable Accommodation, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada
27 Nov 2017
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Social aspects of difference: differences in society characteristics, what"s significant in social aspect, systematically affect social life. Difference and inclusion: difference historical as basis of exclusion, how exclusion is accomplished, grounded in ideology of difference, efforts to include raised questions. Age, gender, and life expectancy: canada"s population is aging, with that being expected to continue, it"ll increase until at least. 2036: explanations for the population aging, overall decline in the birth rate. Infants, children, and youth are susceptible to sickness and death. Poorer mothers are more likely to give birth to undersized babies. Investments in womens education has been shown to reduce morality rates in children. Male youth are more likely to suffer injuries from risk taking. More likely to be hospitalized, prescribed meds, and prescribed inappropriately. Loneliness has been linked to ill health heart rate, and increased levels of stress hormones. Lgbtq people are less likely to seek healthcare resulting from anticipated and perceived discrimination.
