SOC239H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homeopathy, Junk Food, Acculturation
24 Apr 2016
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Lecture 6: illness and health in the developing world. Common assumptions are based on industrialization, modernity, and wealth measured in terms of gni or pci. If this yardstick is used, even in the developed world, there are pockets still developing. Dev are predominantly agricultural and using traditional methods: religion determines many of the social behaviors, many developing nations have very specific characteristics different from that of the developed world. Public holidays: 11 in canada vs. 128 in nepal. Some of the above characteristics are found among some communities in canada too. Recent trends show some countries have upgraded themselves to middle-income countries: india and china. According to un-world bank data using gross national income (gni): Within canada, vancouver and toronto have the highest stress rates compared to. Many health indicators among the aboriginal populations are much worse compared to the rest of canadians.
