HLTC24H3 Study Guide - Social Inequality, Neoliberalism, Unemployment Benefits
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This article is loonnngg but here we go. * poverty is a key cause and product of social exclusion . * the groups that suffer some degree of social exclusion are: * children whose health status is most at risk tend to live in low-income families, single families, or among racialized group populations, inclusing immigrant and refugee families and aboriginal families. * racialized community members, recent immigrants and refugees, women, men, and their children expereince the psychosocial stress of discrimination and racism, which contribute to such health problems as hypertensions, mental health, and behavioural problems such as substance abuse. * recent immigrants have historically enjoyed higher health status b/c of the stringent health selection process in. Canada"s immigrantion system, but social exclusion has caused a loss of ground over time. * gender discrimination causes women"s health status to be lower. * immigrants account for 18. 4% of the population and are prjected to account for 25% in 5 years.
