Health Sciences 3025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Publication Bias, Biomedical Model, Feminist Theory
16 Sep 2016
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First nation, inuit and metis (status indians) Treaty rights: some people think these are privileges given to them but they were negotiated to ensure better cooperation but we haven"t kept our side o the bargain. Income disparity: median income is 19,000 vs. 27,000 by non-aboriginal counterparts. Discrimination: those on rural reserves are worse off than those in urban and men are better off than women. Workers on reservations that are non-aboriginal (44%) make more than their aboriginal counterpart (in rural they make up 9% but make 88% more) Community types: location-based: neighbourhood, small town, municipality, metro area. Identification-based: ethnic, race, religious, lgbtq, lifestyle (not always by choice) All minorities except asian-americans have a shorter lifespan. African americans have shorter life expectancy and violence. Latino obesity and what african americans face (puerto rico) Asian americans 24x more likely to have tb. Aboriginal high infant mortality and 8x more likely tb.
