HTHSCI 2RR3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Health Equity, Kims, Health Promotion
5 Nov 2018
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Education: it matters more to health than ever before. Years of education can predict how long, and how well you"ll live. Over last few decades life expectancy gap between more educated and less educated has widened: education matters to health more than it did in the past. Americans who don"t stay in school are more likely to have obesity, diabetes, heart conditions, and other conditions: health disparities disproportionately impact minorities and the poor, differences in life expectancy by education affect everyone. Although most americans have enjoyed in life expectancies, now life expectancy has been decreasing for groups with education. More education = better jobs with benefits. More education = better earnings = better foods w/ safer homes = neighborhoods with good schools, jobs, and transportation. Children who grow up in stressful homes pay a double price: living conditions disturb education, stress causes them to take up risky behaviors that can affect their health for a lifetime.
