Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sandwich Generation, Role Reversal, Equity Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Marie Savundranayagam

Document Summary

Bronfen(cid:271)renner"s e(cid:272)ologi(cid:272)al perspe(cid:272)tive: development is affected by processes at multiple levels. Starts at the individual level - physical, psychological, within the person. Inner circle: moves to include the other influences that affect an individual, family, peers, classroom, co-workers, mass media, school, health agencies, community, political systems, economics, society, nationality, culture. 9/11, the great depression, ww2: personal decisions or agency. Individual opportunities - we have different sets of opportunities based on our background history. What is the life course perspective: e(cid:373)phasizes the (cid:449)a(cid:455)s i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h people"s lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g shape their e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of old age, the social system, the historical period (in which they live, their own personal biographies. Linking early life to later outcomes: opportunities given early in life have long term effects. Sociodemographic factors: opportunities in later life, disparities. Mrs. ta(cid:374)aka"s life course: you learn she was born in the early 1920s. Japanese ethnicity; experienced personal and structural racism growing up, such as housing and employment discrimination.