HLTC23H3 Lecture : Lecture 3
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models for how this affects later outcomes. common pattern of increases or decrease in an health outcome variable related to an increase or decrease in am measure of ses. we will discuss the gradient effects on: increasing health status, increasing neurocognitive status. the idea of the gradient in predicting/accounting for health outcomes springs from the social determinants of health perspective. this perspective argues that risk factors operating at the population level, that are socially distributed are as important as individual risk factors ( e. g. smoking versus % country below the poverty line) The weight of scientific evidence supports a socioeconomic explanation of health inequalities. The roots of ill health can be found in such determinants as income, education and employment as well as in the material environment and lifestyle. Also of significance is that poverty in canada falls disproportionately on children . Biological bases of human development : genes, environment, brain development.
