HSS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Culture Of Asia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1101
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Conventional approach to health, risk factor approach: relationship and interaction between genetics susceptibility/resilience and behavior. Evidence: education, income & relative social position can hold a relationship with your health. Examples: smoking, bmi, physical activity level are not applicable when it comes to health inequity. Depending on context: smoking and drinking; asian culture vs western culture. Smokers and drinker in osaka doe not do as much damage to their health as smokers and drinkers in ottawa. Studies in smoking & lung cancer: there is a strong socioeconomic in uence; most disease is higher among. Doctors who smoke are less likely to develop lung cancer than nurses who smoke, who in turn are less likely to develop lung cancer than hospital support staff who smoke. Most diseases are higher among people with lower incomes. Healthy promotion can also broaden the distance between the richest/most educated and the poorest/least educated.