HLST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Coronary Catheterization, Health Equity, Structural Violence
11 Oct 2016
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Article 1- socioeconomic status at the heart of healthcare inequality. Highest average income group received coronary angiography 23% more often. Had 45 % shorter waiting times for treatment than patients living in the lowest- income neighborhoods. There is a relationship between health status of patients and ses (income, class). Or psychosocial factors such as depression and job stress are believed to cause worse outcomes for poorer/ less educated people with coronary disease. *it is an urgent to reach patients of lower ses with health. Article 2- closing the health equity gap: evidence- based startegies for primary. Enhancement of phc for disadvantaged populations is an essential ingredient to combating (fighting) health and health care inequities (imbalances). Trauma is used to frame the health, social, and psychological effects of structural inequities/ violence: inequity- responsive care. Explicitly addressing ses as legitimate (reasonable) and routine aspects of health care, often as the main priority: trauma (suffering/ pain)- and violence informed care.
