Health, Culture and Society (Rough Guide) Flashcards
Study of culture
Anthropology
Beliefs or practices transferred from one generation to another
Culture
Study of populations, their age composition, gender distribution and movements in population
Demography
Study of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services including its allocation
Exonomics
Study of topography
Geography
A study of events that focuses not just about dates and places but learning from what has happened to project what might happen
History
Study of language
Linguistics
Study of power relations and how power is used or perceived
Political Science
Study of social institutions including families, and how they shape and mold the individual
Sociology
Study of mind, personality and behavior but more on the individual level
Psychology
The social sciences provide tools for the following:
- Analyzing health and illness
- Mastering competencies and eptitude
- Developing a more critical and discerning medical science from bench to bedside
Ecological model for analyzing health and illness that cuts across different levels for analysis
Bronfenbrenner’s Nested Ecological Model
or
Social Ecological Model
Levels of Bronfenbrenner’s Nested Ecological Model
Micro (Interpersonal)
Meso (organizational)
Exo (Community)
Macro
Level of analysis in the social ecological model that includes the individual and the family
Micro (Interpersonal)
Level of analysis in the social ecological model that includes faith based institutions, schools where enculturation and socialization take place.
Meso (organizational)
Level of analysis in the social ecological model that includes the geographical and virtual groups
Exo (community)
Level of analysis in the social ecological model that includes large structures such as government, faith based institutions, and mass media
Macro
Factors that cut across all levels in Bronfenbrenner’s Nested Ecological Model
Ecological factors
History
Being able to process all cascading information and pick up the right pieces of information to become effective in the task
Eptitude
Interactions between humans and the natural environment
Ecological factors
Looking into meanings and experiences, how we make sense of the world and people
Phenomenologic/ Interpretivist Perspectives
Looking into how we socialize and network, how culture becomes habitus or kaugalian (meso and exo)
Social Interactionist Perspectives
Looks at power relations across classes and how these shape access to resources
Political Economy
An ongoing process by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all diversity factors.
Cultural competence
Centered on your own culture, judging other people’s beliefs and practices using own cultural norms and standards
Ethnocentrism
