October 16 th Sign in, deposit participation cards Health Equity Quiz Lecture 4: Social Stratification and Health Equality Homework:  Anderson, Elijah Beyond the Melting Pot Reconsidered

Lecture Four Social Stratification and Health Equality

Health Equity Quiz

Health Follows Wealth How do we carry social class is our bodies? The social determinants of health are:  income  wealth  Race  Status  and prestige What is missing in the films analysis?

Opportunity Structure Wealth High Income Good Neighborhood Good Schools Good Jobs Access to Health Care ↑ ↓ → →

Effects: Race and Health Infant Mortality and Premature Birth  Black Americans have more than double the rate of infant mortality and premature birth than White Americans Disease  Obesity and Diabetes  HIV  Cancer survival These health inequalities reflect inequalities in life chances and a structure of racism

Our Health History Economic and social policy in the US determines not only the health of our population, but the inequalities in health Health positive social and economic policies of the past:  Universal education  8-hour workday  Sanitation  GI bill and New Deal programs

World Wide Inequality? Pharmaceutical companies do majority of the research that finds new drugs and vaccines for many of our health problems  According to your reading, what type of drugs do they focus on and why?  How does “health follow wealth” for social problem diseases such as HIV/AIDS? The former head of Merck said that companies should not be asked to solve health “social problems.” Do you agree?