SOC243H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Epidemiological Transition, Geoeconomics, Geopolitics
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Etymology: "among the people" / the study of what is upon the people: study of patterns, causes, effects of health and disease conditions in specified populations, epidemiological trends examples. Epidemiologic transition among europeans and european colonizers: moving from point in time where people are dying from infectious diseases, to where people are dying from degenerative diseases, etc. "age of pestilence" (and infectious disease: t1. "age of delayed degenerative diseases: epidemiological transition "theory, combo of ideas to explain what the epidemiological transition is. The mckeown thesis and its variants the mckeown thesis (1955 - originally about population growth: economic growth --> rise in living standards, better nutrition, etc. *a booming economy doesn"t save children from malnutrition* Some broad factors influencing trends: geopolitics, geo-economics, cultural globalization, Example of cultural, material and economic intersections toxic encephalopathy with lychee / litchi fruit consumption in india.
