Session 2: Health Inequalities Flashcards

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What is the relationship between health and social class in Britain today?

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The higher the socioeconomic position, better health

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What is the relationship between health and gender in Britain today?

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Women have longer life expectancy

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What are some explanations for health inequalities?

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  1. Artifact
  2. Social selection
  3. Behavioral-cultural
  4. Materialist
  5. Psychosocial
  6. Income distribution
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What is the artifact explanation?

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Health inequalities are evident due to the way statistics are collected (concerns about quality of data and method of measurement)

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What is the social selection explanation?

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Direction of causation is from health to social position

Because of their sickness, they are in their current social position

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What is the behavioral-cultural explanation?

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Ill health is due to people’s choices, knowledge and goals

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What is the materialist explanation?

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Inequalities in health arise from differential access to material resources

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What is the psychosocial explanation?

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Psychological and social state of people leads to poor health, in addition to direct effects of absolute material living standards

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What is the income distribution explanation?

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Larger income inequality = larger health inequalities

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What are the evidences of inequities in access to healthcare?

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More deprived groups have:

  • higher rates of use of GP and emergency services
  • under use of preventive and specialist services
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Why is there an inequity in access to healthcare?

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  • more deprived tend to manage health as a series of crises
  • normalization of ill health
  • difficulty marshaling resources needed
  • lack of cultural alignment
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