Introduction to Socioloogy of Health

Question 0

Macrobehaviors

Answer 0

Change the behaviors of others (i.e. macro-factors; political economy, power, poverty, social stratification, etc.)

Question 1

Micobehaviors

Answer 1

Change individual behaviors (i.e. diet, exercise, overall lifestyle, etc.)

Question 2

United States Health Care

Answer 2

Health care system (what we don’t have) vs. disease cure non-system (what we do have)

Question 3

How many countries do not have universal health care?

Answer 3

One, the United States

Question 4

Why does the United States have such bad outcomes for health?

Answer 4

1. Focus on healthcare not health and social determinants
2. Do not have a “health care system”
3. United States is #1 in rescue medicine