N 325 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Social Exclusion, Social Inequality, Intersectionality
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Marginalized groups: more likely to have poor health outcomes and die at an earlier age because of complex interactions between individual genetics and behaviors; public and health policy; community and environmental factors; and quality of health care. Social determinants of health: the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national, and local levels. Income and wealth, family and household structure, social support, education, occupation, discrimination, neighborhood conditions, and social institutions. Health disparities and health care: health care disparities, differences among populations in the availability, accessibility, and quality of health care services aimed at prevention, treatment, and management of diseases and their complications. Culture: associated with norms, values, and traditions passed down through generations: also has been perceived to be the same as ethnicity, race, nationality, and language.
