SOC263H5 Chapter 13: chapter 13 notes

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Poor social and economic conditions and inequalities in access to resources and services affect an individual or groups health and well-being. Groups experiencing some form of social exclusion tend to sustain higher health risks and lower health status. Poverty is a key cause and product of social exclusion. Racial and gender differences in health status tend to reflect differences in social and economic conditions. There have been links between the minority status of ethnic, immigrant and racialized groups and low health status. Socio-economic conditions in early life lead to increased health risks in adulthood. Racialized community members, recent immigrants, and refugee women, men and their children, experience psycho-social stress of discrimination and racism which contribute to such health problems as hypertension, mental health, and behavioural problems such as substance abuse. Research shows that the experience of racism and discrimination puts racialized group members and immigrants at higher risk of mental health problems.

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