Issue Description
The increase of ________ lowers chronic illness prevalence.
What is Socioeconomic Status (SES)?
This theory, written by Link and Phelan, explains inequality in chronic disease management.
What is Theory of Fundamental Causes?
The author of this perspective (focusing on race leading to lower access to healthcare) and also a U of M alum!
Who is David R. Williams?
The sociologist from class we connected our presentation to.
Who is Durkheim?
The proportion of adults in the US to have at least one chronic condition.
What is 3/4?
______ resources hold the ability to be used in different ways for different situations.
What is Flexible?
Despite controlling for socioeconomic status and insurance, this social factor is linked to worse health outcomes and fewer medical procedures for African Americans.
What is Race?
The “ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that are external to the individual and exert coercive power over them”
What are Social Facts?
These conditions, which include safe housing, quality education, and job opportunities, are the primary reasons specific groups face a higher risk of chronic illness based on where they are born, live, work, or age.
What are Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)?
The three parts of the Theory of Fundamental Causes are: Disease outcomes, Risk factors for disease and death, and __________.
What is Deployment of Resources?
_____ neighborhoods have lower access to proper care and poorer physical environments.
What is Segregated?
It “explains how closely individuals are connected to their social groups, and how these connections can affect individuals’ behavior”
What is Social Integration?
The typical amount of time chronic illness last while requiring ongoing medical attention.
What is 1 Year?
Link and Phelan suggest that this is the best method for confirming the relationship between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of chronic disease.
What is looking at the exceptions to their theory?
"At age 45 white males have a life expectancy of _____ years more than their black counterparts."
What is 5?
“Residents in the _________ have higher rates of chronic conditions and poorer health-related outcomes” (Oates et al., 2017).
What is the Midsouth?
This region of the country displayed the highest levels of chronic illness prevalence correlating with its low wealth status.
What is the U.S. South?
The Breast Cancer example is a suggestion of how access to _________ can create inequality between healthcare in different socioeconomic settings.
What is education/knowledge?
African Americans have higher death rates than White Americans for these diseases (name at least one).
What are Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, Hypertension, and Liver Cirrhosis?
“Quality of life worsened in those with an annual income less than _____” (Zack et al., 2004)
What is $50,000?