Sociology 2246A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Forces, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Health Promotion

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2246A/B
• Professor: Michael Rooyakkers

Document Summary

Recognize and understand common epidemiological terms (used to measure the health of a population) Understand changes in population health over the past few centuries and explanations for improved life expectancy. Understand the social determinants of health approach and the sociological focus on upstream social factors. Identify different models used to theorize the social determinants of health: direct measures of health -> individual data and aggregate, asking a smoker. Researches use different ways to measure the health of the population. Rate: the proportion of a specified population that experiences a given circumstances in a given period. Number of events in a given period x 100. A rate may be expressed per 100, per 1,000, or per 10,000 depending on how rare the event is. Number of deaths in canada in 2009 x 1000. The crude morality rate in canada in 2009 was 7. 1 per 1,000.