Lecture 5 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Social, justice, fairness, equality
Social - Relating to rank in society
Justice- concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people
Fairness- Impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favoritism or discrimination
Equality - State of being equal, especially in status, rights and opportunities
Equality vs Equity
Equality- Ensures all people receive the same amount
Equity- Factors in or adjusts distribution to account for individual/ systemic factors which would put some at a disadvantage
some need more
equity doesn’t mean justice
How do we understand Social justice
- Fair distribution of resources, responsibilities and opportunities in society
- management of benefits and burdens
How would social justice be achieved
All people have fair access
Health issues come from
50% come from your life poverty and lack of education
Social Determinants of Health definition
way in which people are born, grow live, work and age can have an impact of their health
Interrelated and influence all others
Social
Interactions with their environment
Determinants
Indicators that have influence
Health
Context of physical, social, spiritual and mental health or wellness
Social determinants (12)
o Income (IMPORTANT) o Social status o Social support networks o Education (IMPORTANT) o Working Conditions o Social environments o Physical environments o Personal health practices o Coping skills o Healthy child development o Gender o Culture
Gender as determinant of health (women)
Influenced by the “gendered” norms of the roles, personality traits, attitudes, relative power, and influence that society ascribes to both genders
- Make less
- Lone female parents
- victims of sexual and domestic violence
Factors effect and contribute to violence
social isolation, race, unstable housing, poverty, gender power relations, and substance abuse
Pop. Health
Improve health of entire pop and reduce health inequities with a focus on relative position of social group
- distribution of health
- We understand social justice through feminist and critical social theories which focus largely on the oppression of any one group
- evident invulnerable pop. (local and global)
Social justice Review of Literature
- Florence Nightingale
- protection of venerable pop.
View of justice in the literature
Social justice awareness is an ongoing process
-Global Consciousness:
Local to global (connection to broader community)
Culturally sensitive: Self awareness / Self analysis
Community Partnership:
Empowerment and capacity building
-how does your up bringing effect everything
Social, Distributive and Market Justice
Social - Equitable distribution of benefits and burdens and how relationships contribute
Distributive - equal distribution of goods and services in a society (communism)
Market -honoring rights of those who have earned entitlement(fair market system)
Nurses role in addressing SDOH
Focus on more then the person, pay attention to the processes that maintain privilege for others
-recognize significance of social determinants
Empowering care = Building capacity = don’t tell them what to do but support
advocate for services for all, health equity and environment
Social Justice Advocacy
deep sensitivity to the needs of all people but most especially to the needs of the poor, oppressed and disenfranchised
PURPOSE: Influence public policy outcomes on behalf of vulnerable
Social Justice Advocacy three key components
o Safeguarding patient autonomy
o Acting on behalf of patients
o Championing social justice
-Improving pop. health
Code of ethics
Ethics if first
part 1: promoting dignity and justice
Part 2: Broader global issue
- imbalance between social justice and ethics
- obligation to be aware of oppression and to alleviate it
Social Responsibility (local to global) (four fundamental)
- 80% of all people across the globe live on less than 10$ a day. 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day
Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, alleviate suffering
Butterfield parable
Nursing is downstream (fix ur sick)
-promotes blame
Social justice is upstream (why r ppl sick?)
-acknowledges social determinants of health
Cathy Crowe
Street fighting nurse
Toronto disaster relief committee (declared homelessness a national disaster
