Sociology 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Population Health, Population Ageing, Chronic Condition
2 Jan 2018
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Chapter 9 health & determinants of health. Health and health determinants of older people: micro, macro, meso. Wellness: broad definition that includes physicial, mental and social well- being. Sickness: presence of disease (bio-medical focus) or illness whether we feel sick functional disability. Micro vs macro level issues (individual vs social concerns) : individual vs. social concerns. Individual concerns (micro: maintaining long life and good health: Health beliefs (related to ethnicity: health protective and risk behaviours. Efforts to prolong life and maximize health. Individual agency (in context = link to macro level: health status as indicator of personal aging. Start to feel (cid:494)old(cid:495) when health fails (age identification studies: illness. Economic costs of health care and related support: retirement home: - Gender (women live longer but more chronic conditions, < ses) Critical/feminist perspective place heavy emphasis on structural constraints. Life course: cumulative advantages/disadvantages: impact of population aging on population health (age related illness)
