Hey guys,
When you get a chance take a look at this video. It's a trailer that coincides with the China Study.
http://forksoverknives.com/trailer/
Monday, February 22, 2010
obesity
Here are some interesting articles regarding the obesity myth...
http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/gaesser/obesity.htm#HEALTH%20HAZARDS%20OF%20OBESITY%20EXAGGERATED
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2008/08/11/2008-08-11_study_shows_obesity_often_not_linked_to_.html
http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/gaesser/obesity.htm#HEALTH%20HAZARDS%20OF%20OBESITY%20EXAGGERATED
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2008/08/11/2008-08-11_study_shows_obesity_often_not_linked_to_.html
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The China Study
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/campbell_china2.html
After reading this article, I would like you to think about what we discussed today in regards to reformist epidemiologists and materialist epidemiologists. Remember, reformists tend to look at the individual, while materialists look at the broader, culture picture, with special emphasis on social class. Outline a solution for the problem highlighted in the China Study as a reformist epidemiologist and then as a materialist epidemiologist. Be creative and good luck!
After reading this article, I would like you to think about what we discussed today in regards to reformist epidemiologists and materialist epidemiologists. Remember, reformists tend to look at the individual, while materialists look at the broader, culture picture, with special emphasis on social class. Outline a solution for the problem highlighted in the China Study as a reformist epidemiologist and then as a materialist epidemiologist. Be creative and good luck!
Monday, February 1, 2010
York County, Maine
Check this out! This is a link to a pdf of the Maine Dept of Health and Human Services District Health Profile for York County, Maine. Scroll down to page 13 and you will find a few graphs regarding income level, education level and health. Keep in mind what we discussed last week and let me know what you think. Are you surprised by the results?
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/districts/york.pdf
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/districts/york.pdf
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Rest Cure
Hey guys, below is the link for the reading that will be discussed in class on Wednesday.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/164/5/737
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sociology 101
Hey Guys.. This probably looks a little familiar, but here is a small list, including the one handed out in class on Monday, of some key terms that will be helpful for you in the long run. Emily & I will most likely be adding to this throughout the semester so be sure to check back here occasionally especially when writing your papers or studying.
Sociology
"Sociology is the study of human social life, groups and societies. It is a dazzling and compelling enterprise, having as its subject matter our own behavior as social beings. The scope of sociology is extremely wide, ranging from the analysis of passing encounters between individuals in the street up to the investigation of world-wide social processes." (Anthony Giddens, 1989 Sociology)
Medical Sociology
"Medical sociology is concerned with the relationships between social factors and health, and with the application of sociological theory and research techniques to questions related to health and the health care system.
Typical areas of research include the influence of ethnicity, gender, age, or socioeconomic status on the access to and quality of health care; health and risk taking behaviors; social constructs of illness; health beliefs and perceptions; health effects of sociocultural changes; the role of health institutions and health professionals in society; the social implications of biomedical innovations, education, and communication; and other sociological aspects of medical organization and practice." (Nation Library of Medicine: Institute of Health.)
Culture
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and morality, and systems of belief. Within societies there are subcultures, which exhibit their own norms and ways of doing things.
Social Structure
Several ideas are implicit in the notion of social structure:
The incidence of disease : the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group.)
Mortality
The number of deaths in a given time or place; the proportion of deaths to population; the number lost or the rate of loss or failure.
SocioEconomic Status (SES)
A family's socioeconomic status is based on family income, parental education level, parental occupation, and social status in the community (such as contacts within the community, group associations, and the community's perception of the family.) (Demarest, et al. 1993)
Sociology
"Sociology is the study of human social life, groups and societies. It is a dazzling and compelling enterprise, having as its subject matter our own behavior as social beings. The scope of sociology is extremely wide, ranging from the analysis of passing encounters between individuals in the street up to the investigation of world-wide social processes." (Anthony Giddens, 1989 Sociology)
Medical Sociology
"Medical sociology is concerned with the relationships between social factors and health, and with the application of sociological theory and research techniques to questions related to health and the health care system.
Typical areas of research include the influence of ethnicity, gender, age, or socioeconomic status on the access to and quality of health care; health and risk taking behaviors; social constructs of illness; health beliefs and perceptions; health effects of sociocultural changes; the role of health institutions and health professionals in society; the social implications of biomedical innovations, education, and communication; and other sociological aspects of medical organization and practice." (Nation Library of Medicine: Institute of Health.)
Culture
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and morality, and systems of belief. Within societies there are subcultures, which exhibit their own norms and ways of doing things.
Social Structure
Several ideas are implicit in the notion of social structure:
- First, human beings form social relations that are not arbitrary and conincidental, but exhibit some regularity and continuity.
- Second, social life is not chaotic formless but is, in fact, differentiated into certain groups, positions, and institutions that are interdependent or functionally interrelated.
- Third, individual choices are shaped and circumscribed by the social environment, because social groups, although constituted by the social activities of individuals, are not a direct result of the wishes and intentions of the individual members. the notion of social structure implies, in other words, that human beings are not completely free and autonomous in their choices and actions but are instead constrained by the social world they inhabit and the social relations they form with one another.
The incidence of disease : the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group.)
Mortality
The number of deaths in a given time or place; the proportion of deaths to population; the number lost or the rate of loss or failure.
SocioEconomic Status (SES)
A family's socioeconomic status is based on family income, parental education level, parental occupation, and social status in the community (such as contacts within the community, group associations, and the community's perception of the family.) (Demarest, et al. 1993)
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