PSYCH 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coronary Artery Disease, Census Tract, Psych
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Psych 174 jan 4 health disparities. Make sure you write about a required article. Gaps in health or health determinants between segments of the population. Segments include: race or ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, household income, education, geographic location. Examples: disease rates, health outcomes, access to health care, preventative, diagnostic and treatment services offered to people with similar health conditions. Avoidable, unfair differences in health status seen within and between populations. Rooted in social injustices that make some population groups more vulnerable. Health is not just a genetic or biological processes but is also influenced by social, economic, and political elements of the society that we live in. These infleucnes have become known as the social determinants of health . Inequalities in social conditions give rise to unequal and unjust health outcomes from different social groups. Food environment, housing, income, social standing, location, transportation, stress, early childhood developments.
