NSE-31A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sizeism, Intersectionality, Health Equity
27 Nov 2018
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Week 2: promoting community health models & perspectives for health promotion and primary health care: ethical practice, social justice & equity (underpinned) Ethics: values, morals, norms, moral principles, traditions supporting social justice & equity. Holistic understanding of issues/moral problems: social justice = core principle. Fair distribution of society"s benefits, responsibilities & consequences. Position of 1 social group in relation w/ others, disparities and what can eliminate them. Systematic oppression/disadvantages exits (inequities across groups) and severely limits potential for well- being of oppressed group. Responsibility to understand own role (identify & address) 10 attributes of social justice jadee hepp c: equity (health equity, human rights (right to health, democracy & civil rights, capacity building, just institutions, enabling environments, poverty reduction, ethical practice, advocacy, partnerships. 3 features of ethics grounded in sj: power. Ethical uses of power in practice: positionality & interconnectedness. Position influenced by culture, history, politics (people = unique, interconnected & in relationship w/ one another)
