socioeconomic status
-you can modify your SES by getting educated, getting better job, making more money
Socioeconomic Position
-same as SES
-can be modified
social demographic status
-differs from SES because you cant modify it
-cant change your race or gender
SES conditions that influence health status and access to health services
-PROGRESS Plus
-Place of residence
-Race/ethnicity
-Occupation
-Gender
-Religion
-Education
-Social capital
-Socioeconomic status
-PLUS: age, disability, sexual orientation, etc
Education/literacy, employment/occupation, Income
-all affect each other an can affect your health
-income is your take home pay
-Wealth is accumulated worth
-Health and wealth are correlated
1)Poor health leads to poverty
2)Poverty causes poor health
3)Factors from early in life affect both health and wealth
-gross domestic product
-Gross national income
-purchasing power parity
-gini index
-human development index
a measure of how many units of currency are needed in one country to buy the amount of goods and services that one unit of currency will buy in another country
-ie: a USD is not the same as 1 Mexican Peso
-jobs may be hazardous
-unemployed ppl have reduced health status
-environmental justice argues that exposure to environmental risks is not equal
-poor people and people of color are more likely to live in undesirable environments
impact of the social and physical environment on health and wellbeing
-crammed area or poorly constructed area might give more health risks, also poor social environment with risk factors can affect health
-certain places encourage behaviors that pose high risk to health
-ie:drug use, promiscuous sexual activity
-risks posed to human health through natural events like earthquakes, tsunamis, or hurricanes
-the way these affect people is mediated through social factors
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