FINAL EXAM: CAGE and Health Flashcards
talk about healthcare utilization under the section health access and utilization
lower SES are …
- 10x more likely to report unmet health needs
- less likely to visit MD
- more likely to be hospitalized
- less likely to seek specialized treatments and surgery
inequality in health: what are the current perspectives and critiques?
- biomedicinal model dominates (bodies can be reduced to irregularities)
- psychosocial model
- theory needed to explain social causes as fundamental causes
talk about access to MD under the section of healthcare access and utilization
- wait times
- 15% of canadians dont have regular doctor
- some indicate racial bias and the distribution of medical treatments
- treat low SES unequally
- prejudiced views about complience and intelligence of low SES and minorities
Why are some canadians healthier than others under the CAGE and (re)production and distribution
Gender ideologies
- men more physically active at all ages
- 4 reasons why women rnt as healthy …
- medicine discourages excercise
- media beauty standards unattainable and discouraging
- agiest assumptions about abilities of women
- racial/ethnic bias
- women have less time and financial resources to particiapte
discuss mortality, morbidity, and mental health
- higher SES enjoy better quality of life and live longer
- place matters
- regional differences (urban and rural)
- less difference b.w cities
- BUT the poor located within industry and toxins
- cities with higher inequality have worse health outcomes for low SES
- higher infant mortality and suicide rates
- questions about causality
- mental illness caries according to CAGE
paradox: men live longer than women but have higher morbidity rates
FALSE: women live longer and have higher mobidity rates
what does CAGE and reproduction and distribution talk about?
- why are some canadians healther than others?
- gendered ideologies
- production
- reproduction
- studies are inconclusive
the leading cause of death among aboriginals is ilness
FALSE: leading cause of death is injury
what are the main points in the gender and mortality section
- mortality
- morbidity
- critique
- mental health
- mental health through time
discuss how the biomedical model dominates in inequality and health ? what is its problems
- analysts use this as a way to see how medicine is being practices
- biomedicine -> this is the practice of medicine intersects with politics and economics
- institutional focus on the patient -> obiesity, smoking, ect.)
problem
- treats social causes as contributing to ill bodied
- doesnt understand illness as emergent through complex social arrangements
studies consistently show that the environment strongly influences health outcomes. t or f
FALSE: this may be the case BUT the answer we are looking for is SES and other social determinants influence health outcomes
in the section of race, ethnicity, and health, talk about racism and discrimination
- racial harrassment report fair to poor health
- racial verbal abuse report higher levels of poorer health
how does reproduction touch on CAGE and reproduciton and distribution?
- marriage is protective of mens health
- more complex for women cuz
- family is a sight of stress
- costs of caring
- unpaid work
- family is a sight of stress
talk about mental health and mental health through time in the section of gender and mortality
mental health
- similar levels but manifests differently
- men -> substance abuse
- women -> anixiety, depression, stress
mental health through time
- “early life determines later life”
- 15-24 year olds have highest rates of mood and substance abuse
immigrants and visible minorities have better mental health.
true
in the race, ethnicity, and health section, talk about immigrants
- non-europeans have better health than canadian born ppl
- BUT it disappears after 10 years cuz they begin to adpot north american diets
- canadian borne asians have better health on average
whats the problem with agency and lifestyle behavior
focuses too much on individual behaviors in canada
- weak predictors of health
- low SES have poor eating habbits
- men more likely to engage in risky behavoirs
health studies are now focused on social factors
FALSE: still on individual behaviors
_____ and ____ factors explain womens outcomes better than mens
structural and psychosocial factors
agency and lifestyle behavoir section uses the psychosocial model
FALSE: biomedical model
what are the points in healthcare access and utilization ?
- CAGE affects ability to seek diagnostic and treatment
- healthcare utilization
- access to MD
- MDs and gender
mental illness is stable according to CAGE. t or f
FALSE: it varies according to CAGE
talk about production in CAGE and reproduction and distribution
- exposure to pollutants, lack of control over work schedules, and discrimination are influences
- gendered work experiences
- how work is assigned in the workplace
what is the WTO’s definition of health?
state of complete Mental, social, and physical well-being and not merely the absense of disease or infirmity
discuss the “theory needed to explain social causes as fundamental causes” for the inequality of health . what are its problems?
- House -> uses SES, ethnicity, race, and gender
- social characteristics condition the psychosocial, envrionmental, and biomedical risk factors
- used to analyse effects to understand health ineqaulity
Problem
- ignores age and time
- focuses gender/race ONLY through SES
- conseptualizes CAGE as seperate variables
why are the studies inconclusive with regards to CAGE and reproduction and distribution?
- tends to focus on one or two aspects of CAGE
- draws too much attention on american studies
talk about mortality and morbidity in the section of gender and mortality. whats the critique?
mortality
- women live 4.7 years longer than men (narrowing however)
- CDV and cancer leading cause of death for BOTH
- suicide is 3x higher in MEN
morbidity
- more women than men have a chronic health condition
- mental health affects men and women equally BUT manifests differently
critique
- studies rely on self-reporting
- no gender difference in the initial reporting of a condition
in the race, ethnicity and health section, talk about aboriginals
- poorer health than average individual
- short life expectancy
- double infant mortality
- higher rates of depression
- more health problems (heart attacks, diabetes, HBP, ect.)
- leading cause of death is injury
talk about MDs and gender under the section of healthcare access and utilization
- women more likely to visit MD and specialist services
- MDs more likely to spend more time with women
- overmedicalization of womens bodies
- men less likely to access medical services
- masculine ideologies at work
- caring for health seen as weakness
discuss the psychosocial model in the inequality of health. what are its problems?
- acknowledges some problems such as psychosocial risk factors such as…
- lack of social support, stress, psychological issues
problem
- doesnt explain unequal distributions of illness
