Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: National Wealth, Non-Communicable Disease, Social Stratification

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

Viner et al adolescence & the sdh. Strongest determinants of adolescent health worldwide: national wealth, income inequality & access to education, safe & supportive families, schools, & peers crucial to adolescence reaching potential & attaining best health in transition to adults. Most effective interventions = structural changes to improve access to education & employment for young people: & to reduce risk of transport-related injuries. Adolescence = rapid development of cns & other bio. Systems interact with social development to entrain new behaviors & allow for transition into a productive adult. Health now have emphasis on the importance of enhancing protective factors: resiliency based approach (rather than risk factor approach) Social stratification (ss): society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy: proximal: aka intermediate circumstances of daily life. Quality of family environment & peer relationships, availability of food, housing & recreation, access to education. Generated from the ss resulting from structural determinants as well as cultural, religious & community factors.