SOCI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Safety Net, Whitehall Study, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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Book review on fff(due november 23rd, q/a at the end) Efects on families issues such as disability, hiv/aids, mental health, caregiving for the elderly. Canadians are generally in good health, according to who deiniions: dependent on family background. Health- more than absence of illness or disease: lifestyle, behaviors, things we consume etc. Good health is not enjoyed equally by canadians: families in poverty, first naions, people with disabiliies. Economic and social condiions that inluence the health of individuals, communiies, and jurisdicions as a whole (rafael, 2004) Idenical twins who end up in diferent lifestyles , end up with diferent health condiions: death rates and illness correlated with status. Come up with your own list of key determinants. Inadequate housing, poor nutriion and other factors contribuing to higher morbidity(illness)/mortality(death) Figure 12. 2: how housing afects other health determinants(check powerpoint) Higher social-economic status: access to resources and lifestyles that are conducive to health.