Social Determinants Of Health Flashcards

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Why does the health care systems not determine the health of an individual

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The health care is not the sole determinant of the health of an individual the individual living and working conditions plays a larger role

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What is health

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A state of complete physical,mental and social well being and not just the absence of disease

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What are the social determinants of health

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The primary factors that shape the health of Canadians not medical or lifestyle choices but living and working experiences

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What did WHO say about health damaging experiences

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Damaging experiences result from a toxic combination of poor social polices and programmers , unfair economic arrangement and bad politics

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How income and wealth is disturbed, employment, health and social service, government polices all these shape what?

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Health

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How many social determinants of health are there

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17

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How does policy implications affect health

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To promote health and reduce illness require a focus in the source of the problem rather than only the symptoms

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What is the most effective way to improve health

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Improve the living and working conditions people experience, which reduces the social deprivation, psychological and physiological stress

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What has research said about longevity of health and income

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Longevity of health rises as income increases

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What is the greatest determinant of health

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Income

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What contributes to social exclusion, social deprivation and best predictor of health

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Income

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Suggest some means to help with income inequality

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Increasing minimum wage to living wage
Boosting social assistance for those that cant work
Progressive taxation
Universal programs and services
Formation of unions, unionized workplaces

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In what social determinant of health do Canada perform well on a national and international assessments but disparities exist among populations and regions

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Education

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How would education improve health?

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Education would improve the social ladder
More employment opportunities
Better access to economic and social resources
Better understanding of how one can promise their own health by their actions

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What increases literacy and understanding of how one can improve their individual health by their actions

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Education

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What are some ways to improve eduction

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Better funding and provision of proper curricula
High quality of child care
Reducing link between parents and children educational achievement
Reduction of tutu ion fees for people of low income

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How does unemployment and job security affect health

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The uncertainty about on retention and fear of searching for new jobs when one is lost causes high stress levels that affects the individual

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What are the consequences of unemployment

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Material and social deprivation
Psychological stress
Adoption of threatening coping behaviors
Linked to issues of depression, anxiety, suicide risk

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What percentage of Canadians have a permanent or full time job

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Less than 2/3

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Solutions to on insecurity

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National and international institutions should be mandated to provide the basic needs of employment
More research into the nature of unemployment
Unemployed Canadians should be provided access to income, training and employment

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Employment security, physical conditions of work, work pace and stress, working hours, chance for self expression are factors that

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Shape health outcome in work place

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Work employment associated with instability,lack of protection and insecurity is

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Precarious work a key dimension of workplace environmental related to health

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When people autonomy over their work and their ability use their skill are low but psychological deeds on them are high

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Job strain

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What does the effort reward imbalance model underline

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Importance of reward, when efforts are higher than rewards, it causes stress

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The extent to which people believe that their supervisor considers their viewpoint on discussion is
Organizational justice
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When an individual level of education is higher than the skill she requires for coccupation- termed goal striving stress is called
Status inconsistency
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High blood pressure, heart disease, depression and anxiety are linked to
High- stress jobs
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What polices can improve Jobs and health concerns
Government balance workers and their rewards improve the conditions of employees Unionization of workplace
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What influences overall health for the rest if ones lives, coping skills and overall health
Early child development
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What is the latency effect in early childhood development
Early childhood experiences, predispose future health Such as stress and dieting during pregnancy can affect the child
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What is pathway effect
When a child is exposed to a idk factor, it is not seen immediately but becomes clear later in life Which may lead to limited learning abilities Lower educational attainment
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What is cumulative effect
The longer a child lives under material and social deprivation,the more likely they are to have developmental issues that’s may cause emotional and cognitive impairments
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What is the relation between early childhood development, employment and income
The quality of early childhood development is social and economic resources available to parents d through the income form their employment
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What are some policies to help with early childhood development
Government should provide affordable and quality childcare for families irrespective of income High wages and social assistance benefits to reduce poverty All Canadians benefit
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How do all Canadians benefit form improved early childhood development
Improved community and quality of life, reduced social problem, improved Canadian economic performance
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What are the 3 types of household food insecurity
Marginal hfi Moderate hfi Severe hfi
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Worrying about running out of food due to limited food selection or lack of money is
Marginal hfi
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What is moderate hfi
Consuming food poor in quantity and quality
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Experiencing reduced food intake or disrupted eating
Severe hfi
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Risk of food insecurity is high in
First Nation and Inuit Female lone parent families Females receiving social assistance
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How can government curb food insecurity
Affordable healthy food Increase minimum wage Affordable housing and childcare Keep tack of of food insecurity
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What social determinants of health have few Canadians studied yet it is vital
Housing and homelessness
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What is the prime reason for homelessness in Canadians
Lack of economic resources
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What are the effects of homelessness on health
Overcrowding allows easy disease transmission Risk of health problems Greater physical and mental health problem
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Rent increasing faster than income Few affordable housing Homeless people being physically and mentally unhealthy Theses are currently occurring in Canafda in relation to
Housing
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What is FCM
Federation of Canadians Municipalities
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Linking housing policies to income programs Maintaining funding levels and prioritizing housing strategy Increase funds for social housing programs are policy implications for
Housing
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Forms of oppression that order institutional arrangements that marginalize groups in the society is called
Social exclusion
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Specific Canadians not being able to be a part of Canadian life is
Social exclusion
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Indigenous Canadians, immigrants, people of color, women, Lowe income Canadians, the disable are more likely to experience?
Social exclusion
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4 forms of social exclusion
Denial of participation in civil affairs Systemic discrimination Denial of social goods Exclusion from social production
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What is a social safety net and examples
Different benefit programs, that suppress and protect citizens during life changes that affect health Family allowance, childcare benefits, pensions, counseling, employment training
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What requires a system based and human rights perspective. Behind genetics and individual biophysical factories- health care What does this mean
To understand inequality healthcare we need to look behind humans genetic and physicality, but a larger view of the systems in place and humans rights
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Canada has a universal healthcare system that protect people that not afford private care What store the issues to this?
Citizens cannot pay for non covered items like drugs, dental care Long wait times Income status impact healthcare
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Implementation of pharmacies programs Strengthen Medicare systems Dental care to low income families Control use of ineffective treatments Removal of barriers to health care Are necessary to?
Hello healthcare issues
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What policies can help with the issues between health and geography
Research on the effect of pollution on human and environmental heath Hold industries responsible for pollution and enact laws to control them Note of the inequalities in different geographical locations by Canadian researchers should be taken note of
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What are some of the issues faced by disabled Canadians
Workplace inability to accommodate needs of disabled individuals at work, reducing employment prospects Women being more likely too be disables than men
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Differences between in reserves and off- reserves indigenous people
Off reserve have higher income and and better education than on reserve
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Issues indigenous people face in Canada
Higher poverty High infant mortality Food insecurity
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Why do women face more inequality than men
Woman experiencing more adverse SDH Women carrying more responsibility for rearing children, housed work and systemic racism Lack of childcare that is affordable, forcing them to work
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Healthy Immigrant effect?
Immigrants arrive in Canada and have better health than non Canadians but begins to decline as they stay longer in Canada
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What are the 3 typed of racism
Institutionalized Personally mediated Internalized
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Explain the 3 racism types
Institutionalized- government, societies inaction when there’s need Personally mediated- prejudice and discrimination Internalized- acceptance of stigma about your worth
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Economic and social deprivation Socially inflicted trauma (physical, mental, sexual threats, verbal or acts) Inadequate health care \ Ecosystem degrerdation These have all experienced by:
People in Canada because of their race
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Process by which nations, businesses and people are becoming more connected and interdependent because of increased economic integration communication and cultural diffusion is
Globalization
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Go through quote son SDH in slides
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Gender, immigration,race, globalization, indigenous ancestry,disability, geography ,heath services,social safety net, social exclusion,housing,food insecurity,early childhood devaelopment, employment& working condition, job security,income , education, unemployment and job security are all what
Social determinants of health