SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Asthma, Symbolic Interactionism, Prenatal Care
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Smoking, excessive alcohol and drug use etc. Social insolation associated with premature health (ex. you"re likely to die faster if your spouse dies before you) Poor diet, lack of exercise etc: factors relate to public health and health care. Public health: government-run programs ensuring access to things like basic sanitation services (sewage system) and clean drinking water. 1/6th of the world has no access to clean drinking water. In canada groups protesting against fluoride in our drinking water while other people across the world fight for clean drinking water. Establishing basic public health in a country does more to improve life expectancy than biomedical advances. Health care: hospitals, clinics and other facilities ensuring health and treating illness. Toxic trespass movie: shows how the labor market has an influence on health. Windsor, on, near the canada-america border where thousands of trucks drive by with their exhaust fumes settling on the city creating air pollution.
