KIN 232 Final: ImportantTopics-SummaryforFINAL
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Distal risk factors: poverty, lack of education, housing, and environmental contaminants. Goal of pa sociology: focus gaze on social structural factors that impact pa and health Inequities create and sustain differences in opportunity (e. g. , unequal access to physical activity resources, health services, nutritious food, adequate housing, education, etc. ) Inequalities in physical activity/health status arise because of genetic differences, different social and economic conditions, or as a result of personal lifestyle choices. Properties of social determinants: can exist at multiple levels. Individual qualities of hard work, self-reliance, and personal independence are stressed. Often exhibited through stories about how individuals overcame odds/obstacles. Doesn"t account for circumstances, luck, social connections etc. Upstream interventions: change environment or public policy (e. g. bike lanes, tax credits for parents) Downstream interventions: individual/ small group lifestyle modification; prescribed drugs; interventions (research). Norm = a rule that is socially enforced/sanctioned and involves an expected standard of behavior and beliefs established by the dominant group.
