Social epidemiology

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Social epidemiology is the interdisciplinary epidemiological research on the social distribution and social conditions of health .
Social factors such as poverty, gender ( gender ) and race are considered causes of disease studied. For example, it was found that in America the gap between rich and poor people in life expectancy is 20 years. A direct connection between AIDS and poverty can also be empirically proven globally, even if a virological explanation would be closer.
There is a proximity of the term to the research of social pathology within social medicine . The central issue here is again the reverse question of how people are marked as psychologically “pathological” along power discourses and regulatory ideals ( pathologization ), as in the example of transvestites .
Since the 1980s, social epidemiological research has combined medical and social science methods. The aim is to reduce health burdens and social disadvantages. That is why the effects of political prevention and health promotion measures are assessed and options for intervention are discussed.

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Individual evidence

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