7.1 Chapter Learning Objectives
- Explain how socially constructed ideas affect health.
- Describe the advantage of understanding health disparities related to social characteristics (race, gender, etc.).
- Explain why people with mental illness or substance abuse disorders are less likely to get medical care and support.
- Relate the challenges of meeting basic needs like sleep, exercise, and good diet to family health.
- Describe the difference between a health care system and health insurance.
- Examine how family structure, geography, and income level overlap affect health care access.
- Analyze the role of capitalism in the opioid crisis.
- Apply theoretical concepts related to health care to one’s own observations and experiences.
7.1.1 Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Learning Objectives
7.1.1.1 Open Content, Original
“Chapter Learning Objectives” by Elizabeth B. Pearce is licensed under CC BY 4.0.