A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Statin, Binge Drinking, Angina Pectoris
Document Summary
Third edition; val morrison and paul bennet; health inequalities. Evidence that environmental en social factors may have influence on health. 1/3 of deaths before the age of 5. Causes of death: diarrhoea, dysentisy, lower respiratory infections. Among alduts are aids, hiv, tuberculosis and malaria. Differences because of social, economic and environmental factors. Ses is mostly seen as the cause of health problems. For many people health problems get more as they go from employment to unemployment as a result of factors unrelated to health. When an individual has health problems it may be unable to maintain the ses. Other facors, long-term and even childhood influence health too. The health problems and premature mortality in lower ses can partly come due to health damaging and less health promoting behaviour. Differences in health related behaviour account for some dofferences it is alwo important to consider why lower ses do this kind of behaviour.
