HLTC05H3 Chapter Notes -Social Epidemiology, Leg Before Wicket, Straw Man
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First, the magnitude of racialinequalities in health demands attention. In the unitedstates, where debate over race is most intense, the risk of morbidity and mortality from every leading cause is patterned along racial lines. We can see race dividing health: more aa dieing prematurely than white counterparts. Race is a cultural construct but we see clear differences in health status therefore we need to look at how race can become biological. Epidemiologic evidence regarding racial inequalities in health and show that these inequalities are commonly interpreted as evidence of fundamental, genetic differences between races. ". In north america, a central tenet of the racial worldview isthat humans are naturally divided into a few biological subdivisions. These subdivisions, or races, are thought tobe discrete, exclusive, permanent, and relatively homogenous. Science ie) anthropology have played a eey role in building construct of race where epidemiological data has re ected and reinforced scienti c thinking about race for more than.
