HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Retributive Justice, Rheumatism, Double Burden
21 Mar 2017
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Lecture 13 segall & chappell: social structure and health. Social structure lends insight into the forces that affect our lives: experiences and positions within the social structure affect our attitudes and behaviours. Example: tony and fisal: expectations that tony, given his poorer status, will have more health problems and die earlier of natural causes than fisal who has more economically substantial background. Poverty related to poor health: people need the basic necessities of life, food, clothing, and shelter to lead healthy lives, canadian welfare measures established to ensure a basic minimum level for people to live. Williamson notes the relationship between social structure and health as seen in the mortality rate. Says the social structure has power of life and death over us. Table 7-1 perceptions of health by income and education. Socioeconomic status: the higher the education and income achieved, the better the perception of o(cid:374)e"s health.
