Critical Health Studies
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Why is it important for researchers to recognize the limitations of their own disciplines?

  • To ensure complete objectivity and neutrality in their research approach.
  • To reinforce the superiority of their research findings over other fields.
  • To promote the idea that their discipline is free from any potential shortfalls or damages.
  • To understand how their discipline may contribute to societal issues and biases. (correct)

What does Blomley (2006) suggest is a necessary component of critical research?

  • Prioritizing theoretical frameworks over practical applications.
  • Focusing exclusively on quantitative data for objective conclusions.
  • Expressing solidarity with oppressed and victimized individuals. (correct)
  • Maintaining a detached and neutral perspective in research analysis.

According to Castree (2000), what role can critical scholarship play in broader social movements?

  • Providing a space for researchers to remain politically neutral and unbiased.
  • Reinforcing traditional academic hierarchies and power structures.
  • Discouraging engagement with real-world social issues and activism.
  • Serving as a rallying point for various progressive and inclusive politics. (correct)

What is one implication of researchers recognizing they are not 'higher or better' than other people?

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How might critical geographers address their discipline’s historical role in colonial projects?

<p>By engaging with post-colonial perspectives and challenging imperial legacies. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the perspective of health studies regarding the concept of health?

<p>Health encompasses personal, cultural, social, and economic dimensions, extending beyond just the absence of disease. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does health studies primarily understand and investigate the concept of 'wellbeing'?

<p>As the fulfillment of basic needs, opportunities, and capacities, contributing to a content and healthy state of life. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A researcher is designing a study to understand the impact of social support networks on the recovery of patients after surgery. Which field would be most relevant to this study?

<p>Health sociology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following disciplines would be LEAST likely to be categorized under the umbrella of 'health sciences'?

<p>Health sociology, which examines the social determinants of health and illness. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A local community wants to improve the overall wellbeing of its residents. Based on the principles of health studies, which initiative would be most effective?

<p>Addressing socio-economic disparities and ensuring access to basic needs and opportunities. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic aligns with a 'critical social science' perspective on health?

<p>Conceiving social relations as central to understanding health. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

From a critical social science perspective, how are health-related behaviors understood?

<p>As shaped by human social interaction and broader societal structures. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In critical health studies, at what levels are problems typically addressed?

<p>At multiple levels, ranging from micro to meso to macro, considering relationships across scale. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is context considered analytically important in critical social science?

<p>Because determinants, processes, and outcomes are contingent upon the circumstances and conditions in which they are located. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is theory employed in critical social science research?

<p>As a key resource to explain social processes that are inferred from observable phenomena, and to inform research design and interpretation. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which research methodologies are aligned with the character of social/behavioral phenomena in critical health studies?

<p>A variety of qualitative, quantitative, and blended approaches designed to study phenomena mediated by human interpretation and rooted in social systems. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does taking a 'critical' approach to research and professional practice entail?

<p>Directing attention to identifying underlying assumptions, the role of power, and the political nature of knowledge and public discourse. (E)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes 'Critical Health Studies' a timely contribution to the field?

<p>It appears when health studies programs are proliferating. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary shift in focus advocated for mental health programs within First Nations communities?

<p>Shifting from individual healing to collective healing, targeting the broader community. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most likely reason for the health disparities between First Nations communities in Canada and the overall population?

<p>Racially based systemic inequities that have yet to be effectively addressed. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was an early, now discredited, approach to explaining health discrepancies between African Americans and Caucasians?

<p>Assuming physiological differences in black individuals made them more prone to certain illnesses. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What factor contributes to the overdiagnosis of schizophrenia in black individuals?

<p>Clinician bias, where psychiatrists are more likely to attribute symptoms of schizophrenia to black individuals. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Trierweiler and colleagues (2000), how does clinician bias manifest in the diagnosis of black individuals?

<p>Psychiatrists are more likely to attribute paranoia and hallucinations to black individuals. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Even when black individuals exhibit symptoms associated with disorders other than schizophrenia, what is the most likely outcome?

<p>They are still more likely to receive a schizophrenia diagnosis. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What critical flaw has been identified in historical attempts to explain health discrepancies between racial groups using racial biology?

<p>They relied upon racial stereotypes rather than actual biological data. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do effective programs designed to combat racism's negative effects typically differ from traditional mental health care approaches?

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According to Annandale & Hunt (1990), what primarily influences the differences in morbidity between men and women?

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Which approach is most suitable to understand the differences in morbidity among men and women?

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What is identified as a key strategy to reduce gender differences in health outcomes?

<p>Increasing gender equity in resource access. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following mental disorders are women more likely to be diagnosed with, compared to men?

<p>Anxiety disorders. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Men may engage in behaviors that endanger their well-being, but typically do not develop illnesses from these actions because:

<p>Their life circumstances do not exert pressures that cause illnesses. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential reason highlighted for the difference in rates of mental disorders between men and women?

<p>Variations in socialization processes between genders. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a gendered division of mental disorder diagnoses imply about the nature of mental health?

<p>That social and cultural factors influence the manifestation and recognition of mental health conditions. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why might focusing solely on biological differences be insufficient in understanding gender disparities in mental health?

<p>It overlooks the impact of socialization and societal pressures. (E)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the intersectional approach, what is the primary limitation of simply combining data on race and class when examining health disparities?

<p>It fails to account for the unique effects arising from the interaction between social relations. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of context, meaning, history, and experience in understanding health disparities from an intersectional perspective?

<p>They are essential for understanding the complex ways in which different facets of identity interact and shape health outcomes. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'triple threat' that Rosenfield addresses in the study of gender, race, class, and mental health?

<p>The idea that multiple forms of oppression always compound one another and exacerbate mental health issues. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does an intersectional approach differ from traditional approaches in studying health disparities?

<p>It examines multiple structures of identification together and emphasizes context and experience. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of understanding that identity is embedded in broader social structures?

<p>It emphasizes that identity shapes how individuals are seen and treated by others, which impacts their health. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How might an intersectional approach be useful in determining strategies to address health disparities?

<p>By examining multiple structures of identification to witness the effects of interaction. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key feature of identity?

<p>It carries personal meaning and is also embedded in broader social structures. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean when the text indicates that certain characteristics of identity are 'privileged' while others are 'marginalized' depending on one’s location?

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Flashcards

Health Studies

Examines the multifaceted nature of health, illness, and medicine, recognizing personal, collective, cultural, social, political, and economic influences.

Wellbeing

A state of contentment, health, and general well-being, where basic needs are met and opportunities are available.

Health Sciences

Disciplines that support and constitute medicine, including nursing, toxicology and geriatrics.

Clinical Specialties

Clinical specialties focused on specific types of medical services.

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Health Sociology

The study of the interactions and relationships between society and health.

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Researcher Reflexivity

Researchers should acknowledge their biases and not assume superiority or neutrality.

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Disciplinary Self-Critique

Acknowledging the limitations and potential harm caused by one's own field.

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Solidarity in Research

Critical research must involve solidarity with people, especially the oppressed and victimized.

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Research as Advocacy

Critical scholarship can support social movements through research.

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Evidence-based Health Care

The concept that healthcare decisions should be based on solid proof.

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Social Relations & Health

Health is fundamentally shaped by social interactions, along with cultural, organizational, political, and societal structures.

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Multi-Level Perspective

Problems are analyzed at individual, group, organizational, and societal levels, considering relationships across these scales.

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Contextual Importance

Factors influencing health are viewed as dependent on specific conditions and circumstances.

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Theory as a Resource

Theory is used to infer social processes from observations and to guide research design and interpretation.

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Aligned Methodology

Research methods are chosen to suit the human and social nature of the phenomena being studied.

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Critical Approach

Underlying assumptions and the role of power in health practices are identified and examined.

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Critical Health Studies

It critically examines mainstream health perspectives, offering alternative viewpoints.

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Determinants of Health

Critical health studies address the social, economic, and political factors shaping health.

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Collective Healing

An approach to health care that focuses on collective healing and targets the broader community rather than just the individual.

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Health Disparities

Differences in health outcomes and access to care across different racial groups.

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Racially Based Systemic Inequities

Systemic inequalities based on race that impact health outcomes.

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Overdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in Black Individuals

The tendency to diagnose black individuals with schizophrenia more often than white individuals, even when controlling for other factors.

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Racial Biology

The idea that physiological differences in black individuals make them more prone to certain illnesses; often based on stereotypes.

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Racial Stereotypes

Preconceived and oversimplified ideas about the characteristics of a particular race.

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Clinician Bias

Bias on the part of clinicians that contributes to the overdiagnosis of schizophrenia in black individuals.

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Paranoia and Hallucinations

Two common symptoms of schizophrenia that psychiatrists are more likely to attribute to African Americans.

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Social Basis of Morbidity

The idea that differences in illness rates between men and women are due to societal understanding of masculinity and femininity, rather than purely biological factors.

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Men's Health Paradox

Men may engage in risky behaviors that endanger their lives, either immediately or over time, but not develop health issues.

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Gender Equity in Health

Achieving equal access to resources for men and women to reduce disparities in health outcomes.

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Common Female Mental Health Diagnoses

Women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, eating disorders and borderline personality disorder.

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Common Male Mental Health Diagnoses

Men are more likely to experience addiction, ADHD, antisocial personality disorder, and suicide.

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Socialization and Mental Health

Differences in how boys and girls are raised and taught to behave contribute to the different rates of mental disorders observed between men and women.

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Multifactorial Approach to Health

Factors such as genetics, environment, and personal experiences combine and interact over time to influence health outcomes.

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Non-Reductionist Approach

Viewing issues, like different morbidity among genders, as stemming from many interacting forces over time, rather than one single cause.

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Intersectionality

The idea that the combination of race and class is greater than the sum of its parts. Interactions between social relations produce unique effects.

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Triple Threat

Multiple forms of oppression (race, class, gender) compound to produce negative outcomes for mental health.

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Intersectional Approach

An approach that examines multiple structures of identification together to witness the effects of their interaction.

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Context Importance

An identity-related effect that emphasizes context, meaning, history, and experience in understanding disparities.

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Identity Factors in Health

Facets of individuals’ identities (social class, race, and gender) that play a role in shaping their health.

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Identity

An individual's sense of self, shaped by personal meaning and broader social structures.

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Privileged vs. Marginalized

Characteristics of identity are either given advantages or disadvantages based on location.

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Identity's Dual Nature

Acknowledges personal meaning and emphasizes the importance of social structures.

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Study Notes

  • Critical social science views "social relations" as vital to health, with health status influenced by social interaction and cultural structures.
  • Problems are addressed at multiple levels, from individual behavior to societal structures, considering the context's importance.
  • Theory explains social processes inferred from observable phenomena, informing research assumptions and methodology.
  • Research methodology aligns with social/behavioral phenomena, using varied approaches to study human interpretation and social systems.
  • A "critical" approach identifies assumptions, the role of power in health practices, and the political nature of knowledge.

Critical Health Studies

  • It challenges mainstream ideas, compiling disciplinary views on "critical health studies" for undergraduates.
  • Health, illness, and medicine are complex and debated, encompassing personal, cultural, social, political, and economic dimensions.
  • Health studies considers health as more than the absence of disease, focusing on "wellbeing," which is individuals' contentment and fulfillment of basic needs.
  • Wellbeing is a meaningful state and immediate experience.
  • Health sciences support medicine, including disciplines like nursing, toxicology, and clinical specialties.The researchers recognize their own limitation and biases

Health Studies' Composition

  • Health studies uses social science sub-disciplines like health sociology: the study of society's interactions with health.
  • Critical researchers recognize the shortfalls of their disciplines like public health, critical psychology and critical geography.
  • Critical research involves solidarity with oppressed people, with critical scholarship supporting anti-racist, feminist, and other politics.

Questioning Evidence

  • The idea of evidence-based health care (EBHC) has quickly become a global priority.
  • Some programs aim at collective healing, targeting the community, while First Nations communities are initiating programs to combat racism's effects on health.
  • Health disparities across racial categories will persist without addressing systemic inequities.
  • Mental health programs are being initiated to target the broader community instead of focusing on individuals.

Race and Schizophrenia (Case Study)

  • Black people are more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than white people, even when controlling for other factors.
  • Early explanations for health discrepancies between African Americans and Caucasians relied on racial biology and stereotypes.
  • Clinician bias contributes to overdiagnosis of schizophrenia in black individuals.
  • Psychiatrists are more likely to attribute paranoia and hallucinations to African Americans.

Gender Differences in Health

  • Men may engage in risky behaviors, while women face pressures that can cause illnesses.
  • Higher rates of reported illness are generally associated with femininity.
  • Gender differences in morbidity may have a social basis, linked to masculinity and femininity.
  • Redressing gender differences in health requires increasing gender equity, ensuring similar access to resources for men and women.
  • Despite improvements in gender equity, women still face negative social pressures affecting their health.

Gendered Division of Mental Disorder (Case Study)

  • Women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and borderline personality disorder.
  • Men experience higher rates of addiction, ADHD, antisocial personality disorder, and suicide.
  • Differences in socialization contribute to the differential rates of mental disorder.

Intersectionality and Health

  • The interaction between social relations produces unique effects on health.
  • Taking an intersectional approach allows understanding of how and why health disparities arise.
  • Examining multiple structures of identification together reveals the effects of their interaction, without prioritizing one category.
  • Studies emphasize the importance of context, history, and experience in understanding disparities.
  • Multiple forms of oppression can compound one another, creating a "triple threat" to mental health.

Chapter Summary

  • Identity shapes how we see ourselves and how others see us.
  • Depending on one’s location, certain characteristics of identity are privileged while others are marginalized.

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Critical social science views social relations as vital to health, influenced by interaction and culture. It addresses problems at multiple levels, from individual behavior to societal structures. It challenges mainstream ideas, compiling disciplinary views on critical health studies.

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