FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Coronary Artery Disease, Psychoactive Drug, Hearing Loss
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Adult"s rates of chronic, disease, disability and mortality are much higher than. Connection between health and gender is social (based on societal norms & Some of the most striking and persistent differences concern"s men"s and women"s. *gender plays a big role in health & well being. Gender differences are pronounced enough that they stand up to scrutiny. *how ppl experience health today is cumulative & personalized. Behaviour, social support and socialization are deeply affected by gender roles. Gender roles have important consequences in determining our health and well-being. Social science thinking and research on gender and health continues understand what these differences speak to . Accentuates the power relations between the sexes (gender is a precursor for power. Gender is a term used to describe the socially defined notion of what it means to be male & female. Gender determines how girls & boys are socialized & shapes differences in behaviour b/w the sexes.