Lecture 3: key issues in population health; measuring inequalities Flashcards
1
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What is a society?
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aggregate of people living together in an ordered community, or a community living together having shared customs, laws and organisations
2
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What are the different socal identities?
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biological, cultural (diet, language) and structural (occupational etc.)
3
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What types of income measure can be used to capture different aspects?
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o Actual individual income o Household income o Gross vs disposable income o Income inequality o Absolute poverty
4
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What is the Gini coefficient?
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Most common measure of inequality Between 0 (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality)
5
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What is a depivation indices?
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Measures the level of deprivation in an area
6
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What is the IMD 2007?
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Made of 7 distinct dimensions of deprivation called domain indices. Provides a relative ranking of dprivation of areas of England
7
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What are the 7 disctinct dimensions of the IMD 2007?
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- Income
- Employment
- Health and disability
- Education, skills and training
- Barriers to housing and services
- Living environment
- Crime
8
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Accuracy?
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lack of systematic error
9
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precision?
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lack of random error
