HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kwashiorkor, Scurvy, Miso

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2321
• Professor: Brieanne Olibris

Document Summary

Sociopolitical and economic perspectives in health lecture 3. Children from the same community, diagnosed with kwashiorkor and scurvy are likely suffering from malnutrition, likely a remote community. It is becoming more common in the global south. Doctors do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) to properly treat it. We (cid:374)eed to look at the determinants of that: epidemiology, engineering and urban planning, history, economics, political science. We do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e these issues i(cid:374) ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) areas (cid:374)or do people (cid:449)ith a higher i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e suffer fro(cid:373) these nutritional challenges. The root causes of kwashiorkor and scurvy are affected by all of these determinants. Name some determinants of health: age, gender, wealth. Determinants of health are simply factors that affect health. *there are 36 frameworks on the determinants of health. The frameworks are classified by type: explanatory setting out basic concepts, lists, action-oriented emphasis on decision making, intervention. Interactive relates the explanatory frameworks, creates relationships. Priority area of focus: policy development and decision-making, practice approach, population focus.