HLST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Social Safety Net, Rudolf Virchow, Health Equity

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 1010
• Professor: Dennis Raphael

Document Summary

Commission calls for closing the health gap in a generation: social justice is a matter of life and death. Chapter 6- social determinants of health: virchow drew direct links between social conditions and health. Social determinants of health named social gradient: stress, addiction, social exclusion, early life, unemployment, social support, food, transport, Social determinants of health of socio-economic status: transportation, housing, access to services, discrimination by social groupings, and environmental stressors. Social determinants of health- canada: aboriginal status, early life, education, employment and working conditions, food security, gender, health care services, housing. 9: social safety net, social exclusion, unemployment and employment security. Sdh of improved health amongst canadians: the access to medical care is the reason for improved health. Chapter 6- social determinants of health: the vaccines and medical treatments are responsible for the declines in mortality from infectious diseases in canada.