SocioEconomic Status And Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) - Lecture #8

Question 1

Linda Tirado shares her personal experiences which are affected by forces beyond her personal control

Answer 1

Linda’s Sociological Imagination

Question 2

Poor people are lazy, don’t value education, abuse drugs.

Answer 2

Misconceptions/stereotypes people will have about those who are poor

Question 3

How politics, economy, society, cultures and ideological system work in the institutions, processes and relations and how these systems shape social relations

Answer 3

Political Economy

Question 4

Foregrounding the material conditions of life (making prominent the conditions you live in); who owns what? Who is a worker? Who is an owner?

Answer 4

Materialist Perspective of Political Economy

Question 5

The work of caring for people (Child Care, Elder Care)

Answer 5

Social Reproduction

Question 6

Social Reproduction drives capitalism

Answer 6

It’s free unpaid labour work which then eventually leads to those people moving on to get paid labour in capitalism which shows the complexity of Political Economy

Question 7

Unpaid labour sustains capitalism

Answer 7

Foregrounds Materialist Perspective of Political Economy

Question 8

Economic Arrangement between owners of the means of production (private property) and workers

Answer 8

Mode of Production

Question 9

Private ownership of private property for the singular objective of generating profit

Answer 9

Capitalism

Question 10

Political Arrangement and Philosophy that capitalism benefits from

Answer 10

Neoliberalism

Question 11

Neoliberalism tells you that you’re all on your own, so if you want to make it up the capitalist ladder make sure the capitalist system works well

Answer 11

How Neoliberalism stimulates capitalism

Question 12

The government should not be involved in one’s economic affairs

Answer 12

2nd point of Neoliberalism

Question 13

Public Sectors are seen as inefficient, everything should go to privatized services, in terms of living in Neoliberalism. (Universities should go to a corporation to ask for money, not the government)

Answer 13

Living with Neoliberalism

Question 14

Why are citizens good Neoliberalists if they are consumers?

Answer 14

Exercising your rights as a citizen by giving your labour and then using it to buy those services instead of protest or political vote

Question 15

Poor people are pathologized because in a neoliberalist regime one must be able to survive and thrive, if not then seen as “what’s wrong with you?”

Answer 15

Pathologization of Poverty

Question 16

Middle class is a feeling; you’re not rich you’re not poor

Answer 16

Closest Definition of Middle Class

Question 17

Middle Class ideology is pervasive and it’s aspirational/normative

Answer 17

Everyone works up to be what they see as middle class because it’s seen as normal, a standard everyone needs to meet

Question 18

What is middle class ideology sustained by?

Answer 18

Meritocracy

Question 19

The effort that you put into something and not taking into account class privilege

Answer 19

Meritocracy

Question 20

Problem with Meritocracy

Answer 20

It ignores starting conditions and structures that frame opportunities

Question 21

Effort + Opportunity + Success

Answer 21

True Meritocratic Formula

Question 22

Assuming everyone is middle class, has equal opportunities, all about effort; risk not seeing the bigger social structures and emphasize agency too much neglecting structure

Answer 22

Risk of assuming middle class

Question 23

The economic and social factors (material conditions) that influence the health of individuals and communities

Answer 23

Social Determinants of Health

Question 24

Biological factors do not play a role

Answer 24

SDOH

Question 25

Where you live is apart of material conditions

Answer 25

Who you’re neighbours with determines health and wealth increase or decrease.

Question 26

What is the greatest determinant of your health?

Answer 26

Income; those who go up the ladder have a greater control of their life and can decide when to do activities to stay healthy.

Question 27

What’s the matter with the Traditional Health Promotion Advice?

Answer 27

Doesn’t take into account the starting conditions yet again, brings neoliberalism into this, be a good citizen and don’t do, x,y, and z.

Question 28

U shape pattern

Answer 28

Middle of the U shape represents healthy and wealthy folks, but everything in the lower regions of the U shape is associated with low income and low wealth.

Question 29

Food Swamps

Answer 29

People surrounded by food swamps tended to be less healthier