Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Determinant

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

Document Summary

Health science lecture 1 introduction to the social determinants of health. Lifestyle explanations of health are dominant in north american, western societies. Although, research as consistently shown that social factors are better predictors of health than individual behaviours or lifestyles. Social factors are better predictors of health than individual behaviours or lifestyles at the group/population level of analysis. Health and ill health are not distributed randomly, but very according to economic and other social factors. I(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t (cid:373)ortality rates i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada ha(cid:448)e de(cid:272)li(cid:374)ed si(cid:374)(cid:272)e the (cid:1005)93(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. But there are big regional differences (e. g. im among first nations peoples) Do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)ork at lo(cid:449) paid or stressful jo(cid:271)s. Live in a place where you have a sense of belonging. Perspective: mental outlook, way of seeing, depends on position of viewer (point of view, depends on the relationship between viewer and what is being viewed. The two top-10 lists are competing perspectives/ways of seeing. The conflation of science with objectivity, and objectivity with truth.