POLS 206 : Chapter 7 Skeleton
30 Oct 2014
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Students will be exposed to: an overview of the determinants of health. Model: socioenvironmental theories of health disparities, psychosocial/behavioral theories of health disparities, biogenetic and physiological theories of health disparities. Distal causes refer to causes that are further removed from disease manifestation, for example socio- environmental factors (for example, exposure to air pollution or the stress of a sudden economic downturn with massive layoffs). Transitional causes refer to factors that mediate distal causes or factors that are closer to disease manifestation (for example, coping with the stress of a sudden economic downturn by excessive alcohol consumption). Proximal causes refer to the biological factors that ultimately lead to disease. Theories of racial health disparities: socio-environmental theories. Racial discrimination: the racism biopsychosocial model: biogenetic and physiological theories. Biological or genetic differences among racial/ethnic groups. Racial/ethnic residential segregation among the 10 largest msas in the united states, 2000.
