Programming Explanation

Question 1

What is the programming explanation for health inequality?

Answer 1

Bad health is transmitted from generations through vector of pregnancy and childbirth – ill health repeating itself

Question 2

What is an example of programming explanation for health inequality?

Answer 2

Poor pre-natal and neo-natal health (e.g., poor nutrition), can trigger a progression of events (e.g., poor immunity, slow metabolism, poorer organ function) that lead to premature mortality later in life.

Question 3

Biological programming may set the operational parameters for certain organs and processes.

Answer 3

(Wadsworth, 1997)

Question 4

(Wadsworth, 1997)

Answer 4

Biological programming may set the operational parameters for certain organs and processes.