Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Food Processing, Class Conflict, Food Security
22 Sep 2020
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Indigenous ancestry: disability, early life, education, employment and working conditions, food security, gender, geography. Income and its distribution: race, social safety net, social exclusion, unemployment and employment security. Historical perspective on the social determinants of health: During the mid-1800s, a political economist named friedrich engels studied how poor housing, clothing, diet and a lack of sanitation led directly to the infections and diseases associated with early death among working-class people in england. He identified material living conditions, day-to-day stress and the adoption of health-threatening behaviours as the primary contributors to social class differences in health. In 1980, a study out of the euk found that lowest employment-level groups showed a greater likelihood of a wide range of diseases and premature death from illness or injury at every stage of the life cycle. And themes: 1974 federal government"s a new perspective on the health of canadians.
