Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rudolf Virchow, Friedrich Engels, Whitehall Study

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Social gradient in health- topic of the film. Key concepts and people: social determinants of health, social class, rudolph virchow, karl marx, friedrich engels, income inequalities, social gradient, whitehall studies, median share of income, gini coefficient, risk factor (p. 68) Health follows a social gradient(a slope): death and sickness, mortality, and morbidity increase as occupational status decrease- focuses on occupation. 2 landmark studies: whitehall studies, black report. 1 health: men in class v had mortality rate 3x higher than class i, people at the bottom tended to feel sicker than people at the op, main findings: Monday, september 22, 2014: 3. psychosocial: stress- social conditions, cronic stress gets under our skin embodies our smoking social conditions. Control = 1. authority in decision making; 2. use of skills and opportunity to develop skills. Summary of wh studies: health status varies systematically with social position, such as occupational status. Sdh include: early life experiences, income and its distribution, education, food security, housing.