1. Presented by Maryam T Siddiqui
Sociology Chapter 19
Health and Medicine
Presented by Maryam T Siddiqui

2. Culture and Health
Perspectives
Social Epidemiology
Health Care in The U.S
Mental Health

3. Culture and Health
Perspectives
Social Epidemiology
Health Care in The U.S
Mental Health

4. Culture bound syndrome
Culture and Health
Culture bound syndrome
illness that cannot be understood a part from its specific social context
ex. Anorexia nervosa

5. Culture and Health
Perspectives
Social Epidemiology
Health Care in The U.S
Mental Health

6. Culture and Health
Perspectives
Social Epidemiology
Health Care in The U.S
Mental Health

7. How do you define health?
Perspectives
How do you define health?

8. Perspectives Labeling Approach Analogy –nonconformity: criminal
Overshadow other aspects of a person ex: person with AIDS
Conflict Approach
The Medicalization of Society
the medical model
Inequities in Health Care
brain drain
Functionalist Approach
Patient takes on the “sick role”
Physician –Patient relationship like Parent – Child Relationship
Interactionalist Approach
Patients are not passive
How physician learn their role
Patient’s independence
Functionalist
Conflict
Interactionalist
Labeling

9. Perspectives
Social Epidemiology
Health Care in The U.S
Mental Health

10. Social Epidemiology Social Class Race and Ethnicity Gender Age
Incidence – # cases of a specific disorder during a period of time
Prevalence – # of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time
Morbidity rate – incidents of death
Social Class
Race and Ethnicity
Gender
Age

11. Social Epidemiology
Health Care in The U.S
Mental Health

12. Health Care in The U.S What Health Insurance Is
The Health Insurance Crisis
The Role of Government

13. Mental Health

15. Bibliography
Manzo, Joseph. Teacher at Staten Island Technical High School. (Kingsborough College Now Program). Personal Communication.
Schaefer, Richard T. Sociology 11th Edition. Copyright Published by McGraw-Hill. New York, NY.