Hsci 340 Lecture Week 3

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The biomedical model has been criticized for being too?

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reductionist in its conception of disease causation

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What are the limitations of the biomedical model?

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1.Fallacy of specific etiology,

2.objectification + medical scientism,

3.reductionism + biological determinism, 4.interventionist bias,

5.victim blaming

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What are the main dimensions of the Social Model of Health?

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Societal Production + Distribution of Health and Illness,

The Social Construction of Health and Illness, The social organization of Health care

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Why is Social Theory useful?

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Social Theory is useful for:

turning opinion into informed knowledge

asking reflexive questions

organize our thinking

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Opinions vs Informed Knowledge

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Opinions are usually based on limitedpersonal experience and common senseunderstandings.

Informed knowledge relies on evidence

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Materialist Theory?

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Views objective living conditions as explanation for how social determinants of health shape health status

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3 key mechanisms in Materialist Theory?

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Three key mechanisms reflect concrete living conditions:

1) experience of material living conditions,

2) experience of psychological stress, and

3) adoption of health supporting or health threatening behaviors

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Life-course Theory?

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Concerned with how exposures to varyingeconomic and socialconditions have cumulative effects upon health across the lifespan

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Three types of health effectsthat have relevance for a lifecourseperspective?

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1) latent effects,

2) pathway effects,

3) cumulative effects

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Neo-materialist theory?

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material approaches BUT analyzes how objective living conditions came about in the first place

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Focus of Neo-materialist theory?

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1. how society allocates economic and social resources

2. living conditions

3. identifying the social forces that determine living conditions

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Social Comparison Theory?

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Views health status as largely shaped by citizens’interpretations of theirstandings in the socialhierarchy

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Two primary explanatorymechanisms for Social comparison theory?

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1) individual perception ofexperience of personalstatus leads to stress andpoor health,2) widening andstrengthening of hierarchyweakens social cohesion.

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explain what objectification and medical scientism refers to?

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this criticism speaks to the objectification of patients by doctors and their dismissal of patients' thoughts and feelings. it is a criticism of the lack of interpersonal skills of doctors

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explain what reductionism and biological determinism refer to?

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reducing the function of the body to solely biological processes ignoring social and psychological processes.

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name 5 ways governments can distribute resources better?

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1. improve working conditions.

2. improve public housing

3. regulation of foods

4. improve education

5. improve sanitation

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what is the biospsychosocial model?

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an extension of the biomedical model which takes into account the biological, psychological and social factors contributing to a patients condition.

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Social organization of health care refers to...

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The way Society funds its healthcare

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explain the interplay between agency and structure

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agency and structure play off of one another as individuals shape and are shaped by structure, structure is shaped and shapes individuals. it is simultaneous

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materialist: how does the materialist explain how social determinants of health shape health status?

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objective living conditions

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Life Course is concerned with....?

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how exposures to social and economic conditions have cumulative effects upon health across the lifespan

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What are the four models that link the pathways between social determinants of health and health status?

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1. Materialist

2. Neo-materialist

3. Life-course

4. Social comparison

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Explain latent effects, pathway effects and cumulative effects? What theory are they concerned with?

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1. latent effects: exposures early in life cause illness later in life. (poor housing can lead to respiratory issues later in life)

2. Pathway effects: experiences that set individuals onto trajectories that influence health over the life course (education about hand washing)

3. Cumulative effects: accumulation of advantages and disadvantages over time.

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What is Social Comparison? What are its two explanatory mechanisms?

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health status is shaped by citizen's interpretations of their standing in the social hierarchy

1. individual perception of personal status can lead to stress and poor health

2. widening and strengthening of hierarchy weakens social cohesion