HLTB41H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dras
16 Oct 2016
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Hltb41 intro to social determinants of health. Notes: pay attention to visuals in textbook (chapter 1) Figure 1. 1 society is linked in particular ways, like the skeleton system (everything is held by bones and they interact with each other) Comprise of four parts: life expectancy. Where you live and how you live matters: health and social inequalities. The reduction of inequalities is a matter of fairness and social justice. Reducing inequalities requires action on inequalities set within wide. Inequalities are shaped by bad politics and inequalities in power social determinants outside the health system. Ill-health needs to be tackled across the whole social gradient. We should not just seek to (cid:862)(cid:272)lose the gap(cid:863) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the (cid:373)ost a(cid:374)d least ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)taged to get at the core of inequalities. Social basis of medicine: medicine is part science and part art, doctors and medicine has a role in sustaining life. Improving quality of life and life span: social and health inequalities.
