SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Intersectionality, Epidemiological Transition, Parasitic Disease
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Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths before the age of one for every 1,000 live births in population in one year. Morbidity rates indicate the number of people who suffer from particular illnesses per. Life expectancy is the average age at death of the members of a population. Epidemiological transition refers to the shift from a society characterized by infectious and parasitic disease and low life expectancy to a society where chronic and degenerative diseases dominate and life expectancy is high. Socioeconomic gradient in health refers to the existence of a positive correlation between socio-economic position and health. Intersectionality theory holds that the effects of socioeconomic position, race and ethnicity, and gender on health are multiplicative, not addictive. Health care system is composed of a nation"s clinics, hospitals, and other facilities for treating illness. Socialized medicine in countries with socialized medicine, the government (1) directly controls the financing and organization of health services (2) directly pays providers (3)
