Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Visible Minority, Asthma
6 Dec 2012
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Poverty and health: black report, social exclusion, social inequality, absolute poverty, relative poverty, depth of poverty, lico, median share of income, gini coef cient. The black report (1980: 1977 sir douglas black commissioned by federal government (uk) to write report investigating why nhs had failed to reduce inequalities in health. Main ndings & recommendations: poorest people have the worst health, mortality and morbidity not explained by lifestyles alone, recommendation that govt. increase bene ts to poor , change tax to restrict sale and advertising of tobacco. Trends: females death rates are lower than men for every grade. ratio of the unskilled to the most skilled is about 2. 5. Report completed in 1980, after the conservatives came to power under margaret. Recommendations not taken into consideration, despite evidence of persistent health inequalities. When looking at poverty, we are looking at the bottom of the social gradient.
