Wk3 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Governance
The actions and means adopted by a society to organize itself in the promotion and protection of its population
Lead Exposure significance
A problem in older homes and in the workforce (Construction, manufacturing)
Low income people
Has lead exposure been decreased?
Over the past decade-or-so, Canadian releases of lead to air decreased by 30%, to water by 44%, and to land by 56%.
This has been achieved through numerous federal risk management measures focused on various industrial and other sectors.
PROGRESS SDoH
Place of residence (rural, urban, housing characteristics, etc.)
Race and ethnicity
Occupation and employment status
Gender and sex
Religion
Education
Social capital (neighbourhood, social relationships and networks)
Socioeconomic indicators (income, wealth, other measures)
Health Equity
: the principle that everyone should have an equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
Health disparity/inequality
a remediable difference in health status or access to health services between population groups
Health inequity
when an inequality is considered to be unfair or unjust, the difference is classified as an inequity.
Social justice
Ideal that occurs WITH health equity
the fair distribution of society’s benefits and responsibilities and their consequences. It focuses on the relative position of one social group in relation to others in society as well as on the root causes of disparities and what can be done to eliminate them (
How do INdigenous people see the world vs the rest
Cosmocentric
anthrocentric
What are the 3 overarching levels of interconnected determinants of health. The 10 individual-level determinants?
Mother Earth level
Intercnnecting level
Indigenous Peoples level
Mother eath level determinants
Respect of the feminine
Ancestral legal personhood designation
Interconnecting determinants
Interconnecting determinants
- Human interconnectedness within nature
Governance and law
Sceintific modernity
Indigneous Peoples level determinants
Indigenous land tenure rights
Indigenous languages
Indigesnous people’s health
Indifenous elders and children
The planet when the Western scientigic pradigm openly and actively respects other knowledge systems and when goverment policies and laws reflect
An earth centred worldview
Epistimology
The science of knowledge
The indigenous people argue Epistemological pluralism
We must look thorugh both the Western lens AND the Indigenous lens, Epistemological pluralism
Land entaglement
We are strongly connected to nature, when it lives healthy we can live healthy and vis versa
Two or more objets share an unseen link that bridges them together (a quantum physics theory)
Sustainability
The need to provide for current human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Sustainability requires attention to which three Es
ethics (or equity), environment, and economics.
SDG 12 ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns”, is even more focused on sustainability through targets related to:
Management of natural resources (SDG 12.2)
Reduction of food waste (12.3)
Management of hazardous waste (SDG 12.4)
Improvements in recycling and reuse (SDG 12.5)
Ecological footprint
How much burden human consumption puts on the biosphere
Environmental Racism
a form of systemic racism related to racial discrimination in policymaking. It includes the enforcement of laws and regulations and actions such as the deliberate siting of toxic waste facilities in predominantly racialized communities, the official sanctioning of the life-threatening presence of poisons and pollutants in certain communities, and the historical exclusion of racialized people from positions of leadership in the environmental movement.
Environmental justice
refers to the fair treatment and meaningful participation of all people regardless of national origin, colour, race, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.
