HPRO 3351 Lecture Notes - Biphobia, Built Environment, Concentrated Poverty
1 Feb 2013
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Injuries in atlantic canada: leading cause of death under age 45, economic burden: . 3 billion/year in atlantic canada, people are not affected equally. Intentional injuries: by self, by others, unintentional injuries. Sdoh & injury: income, employment and working conditions, education, social environments and social exclusion, housing, gender, rural & urban environments, children, youth, seniors, aboriginals. Primordial prevention (incorporate this knowledge into our final project) Improving daily living conditions will increase the likelihood that: rates of injuries will decrease, people will be more receptive to injury prevention messages and strategies at the primary prevention level. The effect of income results from a combination of: negative exposures, lack of resources, systematic underinvestment in human, physical, social & health infrastructure. If everyone had the same injury hospitalization rate as the wealthiest canadians, there would have been 21,000 fewer injury hospitalizations in 2008/2009 . *charts in slides reflects household income and injury correlation.
