Socioeconomic Inequlaities Flashcards
Describe the link between socioeconomics and health
Most derived people have the poorest health, worst life expectancy
What are the four explanations form health inequalities in the black report?
Artefacts
Social selection
Behaviour cultural explanation
Materialist
Sarah’s a brilliant mum
Explain the artefact explanation in the black report
How is it credited?
Health inequalities are due to the way statistics are collected
Mainly discredited
Explain the social selection explanation in the black report
How much does this contribute
Ill health influences social position (not vice versa!)
Small amount
Explain the behavioural-cultural explanation in the black report
Why is it limited? (2)
Ill health is due to people’s choices, knowledge and goals
Patients from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to engage in the behaviours
Behaviours are outcomes of social processes
Choices may be due to lack of resources or adverse conditions
Explain the materialist explanation in the black report
How seriously it is taken
Inequalities in health arise from different access to material resources
The most plausible explanation
What is the most plausible explanation in the black report?
Which is the least?
Materialist
Artefact
Name two explanations not contained in the black report
Give an example for each
Psychosocial - stress
Income distribution - the most equal societies have the best healthcare
For inequalities in healthcare what are the services used/not used?
Used - GP and A&E
Not used - preventative and specialist
Why is inequalities in health care not used that much to distinguish socioeconomic inequalities?
It doesn’t capture the people who don’t know how to access health services
What are some theories for why there are inequalities in access to healthcare?
Ill health is normalised
Deprived patients manage in a series of crises
They tend to use porous services - A&E
