Intro to Health
What is the study of the interaction between health and society?
What is Medical Sociology?
Name one factor that shapes the social construction of health.
What is cultural meaning?
This health issue is prevalent in core nations due to poor diets and sedentary lifestyles.
What is obesity?
Women are disproportionately diagnosed with this mental health condition.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
This perspective views healthcare as essential to maintaining societal stability.
What is Functionalism?
These types of illnesses, such as AIDS, are often socially stigmatized.
What are socially constructed illnesses?
The stigmatization of certain illnesses can affect how patients receive this.
What is healthcare or medical care?
Diseases like pneumonia and malaria cause preventable deaths in these nations.
What are low-income nations?
The U.S. healthcare system is praised for its quality in treating this disease.
What is cancer?
This perspective critiques the role of wealth and power in healthcare inequalities.
What is Conflict Theory?
This term refers to the process where certain diseases are viewed as not "real illnesses."
What are contested illnesses?
The experience of illness is influenced by this social process.
What is the illness experience?
Lack of this type of infrastructure leads to preventable deaths in poorer regions.
What are healthcare facilities or trained medical personnel?
People with disabilities often face this type of labeling, leading to discrimination.
What is stigmatization?
This perspective focuses on how people interpret and give meaning to their health experiences.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Over half of adults with this condition do not receive treatment in the U.S.
What is mental illness?
Society often disregards certain mental and physical health conditions as this.
What is not a real illness?
This organization set Millennium Development Goals to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This term describes reduced ability to perform everyday tasks due to a health condition.
What is disability?
Theoretical perspectives help explain disparities in this area of global health.
What is healthcare access?
This refers to the broader study of health and illness within a societal context.
What is Health and Medicine?
Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are examples of this type of illness.
What are contested illnesses?
By what percentage have maternal deaths decreased globally?
What is 34%?
The U.S. healthcare system is criticized for lagging behind other industrialized nations in this area.
What is providing care for all citizens?
This perspective highlights how stigmatization impacts the lives of people with disabilities.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?