SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Blood Transfusion, Social Isolation, Gini Coefficient
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Individual: diet and lifestyle: excessive substance use, poor diet, social isolation (ex. Individual: culture: example of hmong in u. s. Income distribution: poverty, community, access to health care, country of origin. Environment: poverty: environmental racism, dangers heaped upon the disadvantaged, exposure to toxins. Environment: class inequality: high stress and inability cope, developmental differences, education, gini coefficient disparity. Standard measure of economic richest countries are not always the healthiest countries. When the gap between rich and poor shrinks, health increases. Where the level of social integration is the highest, those are the healthiest. Environment: community crime plus high pollution: poor, urban communities where do you exercise since high density of people and, availability of fresh produce, not many supermarkets around you, availability of leisure space, pollution, crime, congestion. Public health system: government-run programs that ensure access to clean drinking water, basic sewage and sanitation, and inoculation. Health care system: a nation"s clinics, hospitals, and other facilities for ensuring health and treating illness.
