SOC364H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Academic Journal, Emotional Contagion, Health Promotion
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What is being said and what is not being said in this article. Academic course: something from a peer-reviewed academic journal, or a book that is published by an academic press: articles should be based on primary research. Looking more for synthesis than summary: critical analysis and review that pulls disparate parts into a unified and coherent whole to draw your own conclusions, combines and contrast information. Individualism: we all have our own ideas of reality, there is no 1 reality. Critical thought: studying society with the aim of changing it. Illness, physical and mental well-being, dietary choices/access and the effects it has the on the body. Social environment of cities and how they differ from rural areas. Living, working, being in a city environment and what that means for our health. Studying health of people who live in cities. 2 key areas of interest: describing the health of populations, understanding the determinants of health in populations.