Lecture 5

Question 1

Social, justice, fairness, equality

Answer 1

Social - Relating to rank in society

Justice- concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people

Fairness- Impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favoritism or discrimination

Equality - State of being equal, especially in status, rights and opportunities

Question 2

Equality vs Equity

Answer 2

Equality- Ensures all people receive the same amount

Equity- Factors in or adjusts distribution to account for individual/ systemic factors which would put some at a disadvantage

some need more
equity doesn’t mean justice

Question 3

How do we understand Social justice

Answer 3

• Fair distribution of resources, responsibilities and opportunities in society
• management of benefits and burdens

Question 4

How would social justice be achieved

Answer 4

All people have fair access

Question 5

Health issues come from

Answer 5

50% come from your life poverty and lack of education

Question 6

Social Determinants of Health definition

Answer 6

way in which people are born, grow live, work and age can have an impact of their health

Interrelated and influence all others

Question 7

Social

Answer 7

Interactions with their environment

Question 8

Determinants

Answer 8

Indicators that have influence

Question 9

Health

Answer 9

Context of physical, social, spiritual and mental health or wellness

Question 10

Social determinants (12)

Answer 10

o	Income (IMPORTANT)
o	Social status
o	Social support networks
o	Education (IMPORTANT)
o	Working Conditions
o	Social environments
o	Physical environments
o	Personal health practices
o	Coping skills
o	Healthy child development
o	Gender
o	Culture

Question 11

Gender as determinant of health (women)

Answer 11

Influenced by the “gendered” norms of the roles, personality traits, attitudes, relative power, and influence that society ascribes to both genders

• Make less
• Lone female parents
• victims of sexual and domestic violence

Question 12

Factors effect and contribute to violence

Answer 12

social isolation, race, unstable housing, poverty, gender power relations, and substance abuse

Question 13

Pop. Health

Answer 13

Improve health of entire pop and reduce health inequities with a focus on relative position of social group

• distribution of health
• We understand social justice through feminist and critical social theories which focus largely on the oppression of any one group
• evident invulnerable pop. (local and global)

Question 14

Social justice Review of Literature

Answer 14

• Florence Nightingale

- protection of venerable pop.

Question 15

View of justice in the literature

Answer 15

Social justice awareness is an ongoing process

-Global Consciousness:
Local to global (connection to broader community)

Culturally sensitive: Self awareness / Self analysis

Question 16

Community Partnership:

Answer 16

Empowerment and capacity building

-how does your up bringing effect everything

Question 17

Social, Distributive and Market Justice

Answer 17

Social - Equitable distribution of benefits and burdens and how relationships contribute

Distributive - equal distribution of goods and services in a society (communism)

Market -honoring rights of those who have earned entitlement(fair market system)

Question 18

Nurses role in addressing SDOH

Answer 18

Focus on more then the person, pay attention to the processes that maintain privilege for others

-recognize significance of social determinants

Empowering care = Building capacity = don’t tell them what to do but support

advocate for services for all, health equity and environment

Question 19

Social Justice Advocacy

Answer 19

deep sensitivity to the needs of all people but most especially to the needs of the poor, oppressed and disenfranchised

PURPOSE: Influence public policy outcomes on behalf of vulnerable

Question 20

Social Justice Advocacy three key components

Answer 20

o Safeguarding patient autonomy
o Acting on behalf of patients
o Championing social justice
-Improving pop. health

Question 21

Code of ethics

Answer 21

Ethics if first
part 1: promoting dignity and justice
Part 2: Broader global issue

• imbalance between social justice and ethics
• obligation to be aware of oppression and to alleviate it

Question 22

Social Responsibility (local to global) (four fundamental)

Answer 22

• 80% of all people across the globe live on less than 10$ a day. 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day

Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, alleviate suffering

Question 23

Butterfield parable

Answer 23

Nursing is downstream (fix ur sick)
-promotes blame

Social justice is upstream (why r ppl sick?)
-acknowledges social determinants of health

Question 24

Cathy Crowe

Answer 24

Street fighting nurse

Toronto disaster relief committee (declared homelessness a national disaster

Question 25

Socks are not enough

Answer 25

Cathy Crowe

1/3 downstream: front line org.

1/3 upstream: fundraises/support

1/3 upstream: Advocate/ involve

apply to both