FNF 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Relative Deprivation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: FNF 100
• Professor: Dan Mahoney

Document Summary

Life expectancies differ between poor colonized and wealthy. Take action on the social determinants of health- relief of poverty, improving where people work and live, fix mental and physical problems. Mental illnesses are not defined by mortality rates. Poverty; who gets the resources is socially determined. Recognizing the effects is one thing, doing something is another thing. Relative deprivation (human needs) needs to be met. Treating the disease is primary, but getting to the root of the problem should be next. Social and economic development should be looked at. Wider social policy will be crucial to reduction of inequalities in health. Health shows whether or not a population is benefiting from a set of social arrangements. Looking at the social determinants of health shows that people aren t looking just at the surface (the health) but are focusing on meeting human needs. Policies that harm human health need to be identified and changed if possible.