PUBH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Asthma, Social Isolation, Red Meat
Document Summary
Social/behavioral sciences and public health: your zip code can predict how long you live, depends on social determinants. Social foundations of health: identify the connections between personal troubles (i. e. symptoms) of individuals and the public issues (i. e. economic forces) Micro issues - how individuals deal with their circumstances. Meso issues - how individuals come together to deal with their circumstances. Macro issues - how individuals are grouped and organized to deal with circumstances. Norms: behaviors/practices that are accepted as appropriate by the group. Life chances & experiences: values opportunities to engage in social behavior. Social controls: mechanisms by which norms, attitudes & beliefs are regulated. Socioeconomic status structures - where individuals and groups are positioned within a hierarchy of social positions. Social conditions - circumstances that shape where individuals live. Health equity - policies and practices intended to minimize social imbalances that foster health disparities.
