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Adler "SES and Health"
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-no SES gradient for all diseases
-address disparities at policy, community and individual level |
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Schroeder "Improving Health of American People"
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- promotion of behavioral change over tech innovation
- lower SES individuals are not as represented in legislature, thus their plight is ignored often -best point of intervention is to improve health behaviors such as smoking |
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ways to measures SES
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-education
-employment -income -absolute vs. relative income -neighborhood |
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can SES be a determinant of health
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yes bc of status syndrome
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cultural signals (discussed in McGinnis article)and health behaviors
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health behaviors are influenced by:
-advertisements -movies -but confounded by issues of access (availability of pro-health resources) |
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types of disease that exhibit a strong SES gradient
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most of which are disease of lifestyle:
-heart disease -hypertension -obesity -arthritis -TB -diabetes |
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behavioral changes vs tech changes to promote health
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-behavioral changes are important because access to tech advantages may prevent lower SES individuals from benefiting from these advances
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challenges of addressing obesity over smoking
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eating is essential to life where as smoking is a choice; can stop smoking but can't stop eating
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Marmot reading "Epidemiology of SES and health"
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-psychosocial factors related to health outcomes
-material deprivation mean inability to participate in society -work enviornment, hostility, social supports/integration alll affect psychosocial status |
