PSYC 344 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Medical Debt, Intersectionality, Parental Leave

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 344
• Professor: Rachel VanDaalan

Document Summary

Individual vs. collective identity (woman, man, ect) vs. positionality (how it affects you/ how you interact with your identity) Chronic stressors minorities experience can cause negative health outcomes. Proximal (internal as a result of distal) stressor (eg. self-hatred, stress about police violence) Exposure to distal+proximal stressors= negative health outcomes. Asoociation btw descrimination and mental health outcomes, substance use, risky sex, cancer, diabetes, cardiovasucular issues ect ect. Air pollution respiratory issues, lung cancer ect. More people have health insurance than don"t. Increased minimum wage associated with good medical affects: Decrease in absences at work due to illness. Can take unpaid time off for family reasons -- hard to access. About 16% of us workers have paid parental leave. About 23% of new moms go back to work within 10 days of giving birth. Supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap)- food stamps. Fewer missed days of work due to illness.