Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Social Exclusion, Social Inequality, Racialization

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Poor social and economic conditions and inequalities in access to resources and services affect an individual or group"s health and well-being. Social exclusion is one of the top 10 social determinants of health (who) The social and economic characteristics of individuals and populations, such as economic conditions and inequalities in access to resources and services, have a greater impact on individual and group health and well-being than do individual behaviours. Groups of people at particular risk: aboriginal people. Immigrants and refugees: racialized groups, people w/ disabilities, single parents, children and youth in disadvantages circumstances, women, the elderly and unpaid caregivers (e. g. grandparents, the lgbtq+ community. In canada, children whose health status is most at risk tend to live in low-income families, single families, or among racialized group populations, including immigrant and refugee families and aboriginal families. In 2011, racialized groups compromised 19. 1% of the canadian population, and immigrants formed 20. 4%.