SY102 Midterm: Sociology midterm 2 notes
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Health: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being . 1. impact of social forces: distribution of effects. 3. impact on the individual and others self identity relationships: health care systems. Four reasons why health and illness are social problems: illness unequally distributed throughout society: millions of people affected. 2: health care inadequacies unequally affect some social groups, some problems affect everyone. The global context: patterns of health and disease: Epidemiology- the study of the patterns of health and disease. Acute conditions- short term, under 3 months. Chronic conditions long terms, measure of health of a population. Incidence number of new cases within a specific period. Prevalence total number of cases that exist at a given time. The shift from a society characterized by low life expectancy and parasitic and infectious diseases to one characterized by high life expectancy and chronic and degenerative diseases.
