Final Flashcards
what are the 5 paradigms?
- Symbolic interactionist
- Sociology of the Body
- Conflict
- Structural functionalist
- Feminist
Symbolic interactionist key ideas
Peoples perception
Sociology of the body key ideas
Embodiment, Early life experiences
Conflict paradigm key ideas
power in healthcare, profit driven, inequality
Structural functionalist key ideas
Sick roles, organization, structure, harmonious
Healthy immigrant effect
Immigrants have better health than Canadians when they come to Canada, but after 10 years or so, their health declines fairly rapidly
Why is the healthy immigrant effect a thing?
When immigrants come to Canada, they must pass a health test. They have great health to past the test, then maintain it for a while as a new immigrant. Health gets worse over time due to social stresses, discrimination, bad health habits
Ottawa Charter Health Promotion Acronym
“Doctors BC”
DRSBC
Ottawa Charter Health Promotion Ideas
- Development of personal skills
- Reorienting of health service
- Strengthen community action
- Build healthy public policy
- Create supportive environments
Development of personal skills - examples
cooking classes, online education, health information available
Reorienting the healthcare system - examples
training of doctors, improving services
Strengthen community action - examples
health runs, community kitchens, support organizations
Build healthy public policy - examples
no smoking areas, seatbelt laws, making health choices the easiest ones
Create supportive environments - examples
community centres, workout programs
Attributes of the Canadian healthcare system
- Care delivery is the provinces responsibility
- Publicly financed
- Private providers
- Choice of practitioner
- 3 biggest spending categories - Hospitals, Drugs, Doctors
- Financed by taxes, insurance premiums, and out of pocket
Hans Selye
Father of Stress research
Spending on healthcare statistics (total, per person, distribution, percentages)
- Total: 228 billion
- Per person: 6.3k
- Distribution: Hospitals (29.5%) Drugs (16%) Doctors (15.2%)
- Overall percentage of BC budget: 43%
Vertical structure vs horizontal structure
Vertical - Macro factors/indirect
Horizontal - Micro factors/direct
Vertical and Horizontal structures - examples
Vertical - Welfare, child support
Horizontal - neighbourhood, work conditions
Personal determinants vs Structural determinants
Personal - Individual
Structural - social, others
Personal and social determinants - examples
Personal - genetics, coping skills, health practices
Structural - social/physical environment, access to health resources
Proximal determinants vs distal determinants
Proximal - (Think close proximity) - Downstream factors
Distal - (Think at a distance) - Upstream factors
Proximal and Distal determinants - examples
Proximal (close proximity) - sickness, bad habits
Distal (at a distance) - income, education, economic status
Primary determinants vs Secondary determinants
Primary - bigger factors that trickle down into secondary
Secondary - factors created by primary
Primary and Secondary determinants - examples
Primary - Socioeconomic factors, education, employment
Secondary - daily behaviour, lifestyle, self esteem
HIV statistics (worldwide cases, deaths per year, new cases per year)
WW cases - 38.4 million
deaths per year - 650k
New cases per year - 1.5 million
TB statistics (highest prevalence, highest per capita, worldwide cases, deaths per year)
Highest Prevalence - SE Asia
Highest per capita - Africa
WW cases- 10.4 million
deaths per year - 1.8 million
Salutogenic model of health
A model that helps people understand beneficial factors that make a population healthy
Salutogenesis
The origin of health
Pathogenesis
The origin of disease
Sense of Coherence
A sense of feeling put together/things are going to be alright
Medicare stats (first province, all provinces)
First province - Saskatchewan (1961)
All provinces - 1972