Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Municipal Solid Waste, Cardiovascular Disease, Aamjiwnaang First Nation
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Health science environmental links to health class 17 and 18 notes. What are the social detriments of health? factors that affect the chances people will have to lead healthy lives: the social, political and economic environments in which people live that determine their health. Income, social safety net (i. e. the welfare state) Job security: housing, working conditions, education, food security and quality, social class > capitalism, gender > sexism, (cid:862)(cid:396)a(cid:272)e(cid:863) > (cid:396)a(cid:272)is(cid:373, aboriginal status > racism, colonization. What is the relationship between the environment and health: air, land, water. How can the environment be viewed as a social determinant of health? (cid:862) ile(cid:374)t p(cid:396)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) Rachel carson drew attention to the chemicals that were used in everyday products: permeate our everyday environments, book (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed (cid:862)sile(cid:374)t sp(cid:396)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the (cid:271)i(cid:396)ds stopped si(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) the sp(cid:396)i(cid:374)g. Critic of health effects of industry (petrochemical, nuclear) Pops persistent organic pollutants: e. g. , ddt dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, developed to reduce the amount of disease spread through insects.