Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: National Wealth, Cultural Identity, Peer Pressure

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

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Adolescence part 1- the normative model (viner et al, 2012 & jensen and arnett, 2012) Lancet review article discusses sdh as they relate to adolescent health: area being under-researched, limited sources to un agencies (seems limited, authors identify the need to learn more about structural and proximal factors. Yet their fra(cid:373)i(cid:374)g of the adoles(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e does(cid:374)(cid:859)t refle(cid:272)t a(cid:374) u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of how structural and proximal factors shape this life phase continue to frame adolescence in biological terms. As a developmental phase, it is 2nd only to childhood in terms of psychological and physiological change. Review determinants of health of young people and combine these insights with more general life-course/ sdh models. Use who frameworks to identify 2 main levels of which determinants operate: structural & proximal. Improve education on women and girls has major benefits for the health of youth globally: (cid:1007)(cid:1007)% of adolescents in poorer countries don"t finish vs. (cid:1008)% in wealthier.