SOC364H1 Lecture Notes - Multilevel Model, Health Professional, Social Capital
Document Summary
Traditionally, health research has focused on individual level antecedents. Cost of the obelisk determined by its height. Better socioeconomic status, indexed by taller obelisks, was associated with great longevity during 1801-1920. Fatality rate for women passengers on the titanic. 1st class 3% 2nd class 17% 3rd class 45% How do we explain the socioeconomic health association. Focus on changing behavior, ensuring access to care, monitoring quality of care, and identifying health risk factors. Understanding that social, economic, and environmental inequity are the root cause of health inequity, and that improving social, economic and environment conditions will improve health. Low status individuals greater exposure and vulnerability to allostatic load. Poor working conditions, family problems, economic hardship, discrimination, unequal access to resources, poor living conditions. Inability to cope, less resources(financial, social, psychological) The context interacts with the individual"s attributes. Socioeconomic-health association not only a product of behaviour, no obvious relationship between behaviour and ses health association.
