HLTC05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Learned Helplessness, Social Stratification, Human Migration
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Global epidemic problem, the most significant health problem for humans in late 20th century. Risk groups increasingly including marginalized, under poverty. Have to look at it from a cultural lens. Biological reality a lot of people have died (30 mil) We do see though we have been able to control rates since. 1980s, new drugs figures for infected/deaths are stabilized issue that is pandemic in all areas of world focus: social conditions that allow for this, not so much the pathogen. Tied to economic development issue, people aren"t able to work because aids effects most prime time of their lives no progress long term consequences. Syndemic with tb twin epidemics (diseases of poverty), work best together in terms of causing most morbidity/mortality, have ability to become pandemic. Syndemic two diseases co existing: sydemical co infection with tb, syndemical relationship with social environment/relations (microparasite macroparasite. Social stratification brings unequal risk for exposure to and infection by, various microparasites of hiv.
