HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Malaria, Disability Studies, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
14 Dec 2015
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(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Non-communicable (diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, mental health disorder) and infectious disease (hiv, aids, tb, malaria) Stage of life and rise in aging population. Environmental, social, economic, political influences (poverty, malnutrition, inaccessibility to health care) Deaths from hiv have been slightly declining. Collect systematic info on nature and distribution of disability, chronic illness, and social positions of ppl with disabilities. Provide info about living conditions of canada"s pop with disability. Increase awareness to government, organizations, and researchers of limitations and strengths. Facilitate provision of services and reach out to ppl with disabilities. Many ppl with disabilities demonstrate wide range of talents, skills and workers on the job; 54 000 paid less than others were unemployed interest which go unseen (i. e terry fox, stephen hawkings) Canadian survey on disability (csd) provides estimate of ppl with (cid:1) (cid:1) disabilities as well as their employment profile, income, and participation in society.
