Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rudolf Virchow, Social Safety Net, Whitehall Study
28 Feb 2016
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Income inequalities and health social gradient in health. The social and economic environments in which people live and that determine their health. Examples of social determinants include housing, job security, working conditions, education, income, social class, gender, aboriginal status, and the social safety net. Sdh reflect the quantity and quality of resources that society makes available to its members. Mortality and morbidity increase and occupational status decreases. Social gradient relationship between income and health follows a gradient. Social gradient looks at relationship between social position and health. Also risk factors like; smoking, obesity, reduced exercise. Different social hierarchy - people can move up those hierarchy"s. Position in hierarchy is determined by way society is structured. Income, education, and occupation are the 3 main ways in which social position is measured. People with higher income have higher le than those with lower incomes. Whitehall study (1967) study of 18 000 civil servants aged 35-55.
