HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Diminished Responsibility, Food Security, Avail

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

Document Summary

There is consistent & positive relationship between good health and social-structural hierarchy. This means, wealthy people - healthier & live longer; and vice versa. Thus, individual level of well-being corresponds to location of individual in social structure. Health is linked to provision of material goods and services such as accessible & good quality nutritious food, clean water, good transportation systems, fulfilling employment, affordable housing, etc. Income is a central factor - 2 aspects of income are relevant: (1) income sufficiency or adequacy: purchase of food, shelter, transportation, leisure activities (2) income stability: money is avail consistently all the time. Income inequality tends to grow through the lifecourse - poorer health status. Material circumstances can influence health directly through assaults to physical body - ex. Nutritional inadequacies due to insufficient funds for healthy foods - linked to variety of illnesses. *once a person is ill - poverty leads to diminished capacity to cope & earn income.