Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Visible Minority, Infant Mortality, Ethnic Group

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Class 12: exploring the links bw racism and health. Key concepts: racial health inequalities, ethnicity, ethnic group, healthy immigrant effect. What kinds of social inequities or hierarchies in uence health: ses (economic)- social class, gender. Traditionally and generally, males have greater access to power and resources than females. Gender paradox - men die quicker but women are sicker: race . Racial inequities in health: life expectancy in the us, grey-all races, white-blue, black-green, gap is closing between whites and blacks life expectancy, leading causes of death to the difference in le bw black and white people. Tuesday, october 14, 2014: infant mortality rates, by race and ethnicity of mother, 3rd pair of bars non-hispanic black people. Excess death: 83,000 excess deaths/year among african americans in the us. Ethnicity: shared cultural background/language/customs, ethnic group (p 101)- people who share common ethnicity (ex. place of birth, language, customs)

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