Sociology 2179A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Infant Mortality, Binge Drinking
16 Apr 2016
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Describe the social paterning of health and illness in the canadian populaion according to socioeconomic posiion. Evaluate diferent explanaions for the relaionship between socioeconomic posiion and health. Understand income inequality as a determinant of health. The associaion between economic disadvantage and health is well-known. It was not unil the twenieth century that researchers began to systemaically document and invesigate this associaion. Socioeconomic gradient in health in canada: mortality, morbidity, health behaviors. Begins at birth -> infant mortality lower among the wealthiest. Despite decline in overall infant mortality rate, rates are sill consistently lowest for wealthiest neighborhoods. Increased risk of childhood death by income: both unintenional and intenional injury. Income, educaion and occupaion all predict mortality risk during adulthood: veugelers et el. (2001): educaion & income predict mortality in nova scoia, burrows et al. (2011): gradient relaionship b/w educaions and suicide for.
