IDSB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Class, Heredity, Microorganism
6 Feb 2018
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Social conditions are determinants of there ill health as well. Middle aged bussed driver 40+ hours and not given bathroom breaks or any breaks, always working, so the chapter analyzes the situation between approaches. Views health and illness at individual level. Body as a machine- constituent parts that can be manipulated or repaired. Risk factors- personal characteristics related to heredity and lifestyle. Dramatic technological advances in medical treatment over the last century. Health and illness primarily a consequence of individual or household actions and beliefs. Regulation or changing of personal conduct and cultural attitudes: education, counseling, incentives. Individual (and sometimes household or community) viewed as responsible for health. Often filtered through spiritual beliefs (good or ill health may be linked to supernatural phenomena) Considers political, social, cultural, and economic contexts which disease and illness arise. Societal structures (ex: political and economic practices and institutions and class interactions) interact with particular conditions leading to good or ill health.
