FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 68: Synaptic Pruning, Grey Matter, Preadolescence

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Secondary aging: age-related changes that are due to social and environmental influences, poor health habits, or disease. 1 degree of socioeconomic inequality spread between rich and poor. 1. 1us and uk experience poorer overall health than more egalitarian societies. 1. 2canada universal access to healthcare, housing, education but income inequality is affecting health negatively. Biological embedding: describe how social circumstances in first few years of child"s life can cause epigenetic modifications in brain and body system that determine trajectory for better or worse. Social determinants of health include: early childhood experiences, education, socioeconomic status, culture, gender, quality of housing, employment. Common indicators of population health approach include: mortality statistics, rates of hospitalization, measures of morbidity. Important to measure the health status of population aggregate health indicators, measure quality of life e. g. ) Evidence that new neurons produced to replace those that die, even in adults. 1 stimulated by physical exercise and enriched environment.