HLTA03H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Health Equity, Peon, Intersectionality
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Three primary structures of identi cation: class component of ones identity also known as ses. It is related to ones education, income, family background and occupation: gender unlike biological sex, gender has a meaning beyond chromosomes; it involves complex social roles and expectations. Many societies divide gender along binary lines (men/women) but it should be noted that many individuals and societies recognize the existence of multiple gender identities: ethnicity . * important to understand the ways in which health status and health disparities can be measured 2 concepts: rate of mortality and rate of morbidity. * mortality number of deaths over a period time across a speci c population. * most commonly used measure of health or wellbeing in society. * childhood mortality is expressed as the number of deaths among children over a period of time, usually a year.
