HSS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Health Promotion
11 Oct 2018
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Conventional approach to health: the risk factor approach. Must always factor in the context/circumstance (eg. smoking and drinking in japan vs. ottawa) Incidence of most diseases is higher among people with lower incomes. In every know a uent (richer) society; the richer you become, or the longer you attend school, the better your health will be and the longer you will live. Education, income, and relative social position are more predictive of health. In canadians health inequalities most attribute to education. Positive e ects from lifestyles changes are greatest for people already living in favoured economic and social circumstances. Health promotion activities (fancy diets like paleo) broaden gap between health stats of richest (a uent), most educated and poorest, least educated. Uptake and translation of information is faster for the a uent (more resources for lifestyle modi cations than poorer people)
