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HEALTH, DISABILITY & AGING
Introduction to Sociology
Adam Isaiah GreenWinter 2013
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Rudolph Virchow (1821-1902)
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MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
The study of medicine, health and illness
from the perspective of “the social”:
1) The study of the health industry,
including the practice of medicine and the
implementation of health insurance
2) The social roots of health, disease, andmental illness
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STRESS PROCESS MODEL
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RATES OF MORTALITY AMONG WORKING AGE MEN
CORRELATED WITH INCOME BELONGING TO THE LESS WELL
OFF HALF OF HOUSEHOLDS (1990s)
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HEALTH & CLASS STATUS
• http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/16/nation
al/class/HEALTH-FINAL.html
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The only county in Nova Scotia where the incidence
of cancer for both women and men is significantlyhigher than the provincial average is Cape BretonCounty, the 5th poorest of 18 counties in Nova Scotiaand the site of the Sydney Tar Ponds.
Nova Scotia has the second highestcancer death rate and the second lowestmedian provincial income.
Deaths per 100,000 people due to cancer, and medianfamily income in hundreds of dollars, Canadianprovinces, 2003
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100
200
300
400
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New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
British ColumbiaOntario
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Class and Exposure toEnvironmental Risk: Nova Scotia
Cancer rate Median income
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People with HIV/AIDS, 2009 (adultprevalence in parentheses)
Total: 33.3 million (0.8%)
Western andCentral Europe820,000 (0.2%)
North Africa &Middle East460,000 (0.2%)
Sub-Saharan Africa22.5 million (5.0%)
Eastern Europe& Central Asia1.4 million (0.8%)
South& South-East Asia4.1 million (0.3%)
Oceania57,000 (0.3%)
North America1.5 million (0.5%)
Caribbean240,000 (1.0%)
South & Central America2.0 million (0.6%)
East Asia770,000 (0.1%)
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32 35 38 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 62 65 68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89
Europe 1600
Lesotho 2009
India 2009
China 2009
Russia 2009 USA 2009
Japan 2009
Canada2009
Canada2050
Canada 1867
Life Expectancy, Selected Countries and
Years
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Class, Illness and Death
Human-environmental factors, such asindustrial pollution
Lifestyle factors, such as smoking cigarettes,
excessive use of alcohol and drugs, poor diet,lack of exercise, and social isolation.
Factors related to public health system(government-run programs that ensure clean
drinking water, sewage and sanitationservices, inoculation against infectiousdiseases, etc.) and healthcare system (clinics,hospitals and other facilities)
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Selected Social Causes andConsequences of Height
in Human Populations
HeightProximate
social
causesdiet
disease
work intensity
Basic social
causesincome
inequality
public health
personal hygiene
quality of environment
Social
consequenceslife expectancy
health
cognitive development
personality
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HEIGHT AND RELATIONSHIPS
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Peter Paul RubensCimone and Efigenia (1617)
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Percent of Adults Who are Overweight, Selected
Countries, 2007
Percent
1.0% increase, 2001-07 2.3% increase, 2001-07
Overweight adults have a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher (BMI = weight inkilograms divided by the square of height in metres).
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Percent of Canadian Adults Who are Obese, by
Province, 2004
Obese adults have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher (BMI = weight in kilograms divided by the square
of height in metres).
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Height, Weight and Social Status
On average, high family income results ingood diet; good diet increases stature;
tall people live longer, earn more, and
reach the top of their profession morequickly than short people;
overweight women complete fewer
months of formal education, earn less,and are less likely to marry than womenwho are not overweight (overweight men
are less likely to marry)
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Important Terms
impaired = deficient in physical ormental capacity compared to the
norms of society disabled = incapable of
performing within the range of
“normal” human activity ablism = prejudice and
discrimination against the disabled
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Erectile Dysfunction?
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Societal Responses to Disability
Rehabilitation involves curing disabilities
through medical and technologicalintervention; trying to improve the lives of thedisabled by means of care, training, and
education; and integrating the disabled into"normal" society.
Elimination involves killing the disabled orsterilizing them and preventing them fromhaving offspring.
Normalization involves disabled peopleasserting their autonomy and the "dignity of
difference."
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DEAF A DISABILITY?!
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