5.2 Stratification, Health, and Healthcare Disparities Part 2

Question 1

What is marginal poverty?

Answer 1

due to a lack of stable employment

Question 2

What is structural poverty?

Answer 2

due to underlying and pervasive effects of the society’s institutions

Question 3

What is social epidemiology?

Answer 3

study of the distribution of health and disease across a population with the focus on using social concepts to explain patterns of health and illness

Question 4

What are health care disparities?

Answer 4

population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, and quality of healthcare across different social groups

Question 5

What is gender bias in medicine?

Answer 5

when women and men receive different treatment for the same disease or illness