HLTC05H3 Lecture Notes - Medicalization, Social Inequality, Spirit Possession

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Lecture 3: social origins of illness and disease. Biology: genes, degree of immunity, nutritional status, susceptibility. Behaviour: nature of risk behaviours, cultural traditions influencing disease transmission and persistence, and psychological factors influencing manifestation of disease: plays a role in diseases. Influences all the factors below: family structure, gender roles, marriage patterns, sexual behaviour, contraceptive patterns, population policy, pregnancy & childbirth practices, child-rearing practices, body-image alterations, **diet / nutrition (food prep, taboos) will be mentioned throughout the lecture. Know these variables and how they affect health. Like how taboo affects health or how religion affects health: dress, personal hygiene, housing arrangements, sanitation, occupations, religion, funerary customs, culturogenic stress, migrant status, seasonal travel, use of chemical comforters , leisure pursuits, domestic/household animals, self-treatment and lay strategies. Case studies (helman, 2007) know each one in detail from the article; understand the significance. Variations in surgical rates between us, canada, england, wales.

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