HLTC05H3 Lecture Notes - Social Stratification, Structural Violence, Learned Helplessness
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Film assignment: come up with a question descriptive/analytical (2 bonus marks) 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) 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 humans preying on humans rich abusing/exploiting marginalized/poor) Social stratification brings unequal risk for exposure to and infection by, various microparasites of hiv. Hiv is a new disease for humankind, consider emergent one, and reemergent one . emerged because of human culture.
