Read: Poverty a leading cause of Type 2 diabetes, studies say [Available on course Eclass website]
https://www.ctvnews.ca/poverty-a-leading-cause-of-type-2-diabetes-studies-say-1.576721
• Summarize how different approaches to understanding illness (e.g., genetic, behavioural or social determinants) would explain the higher incidence of type 2 diabetes detailed in the article. (33%)
• What might be the reasons why income, race and immigrant status would be related to the incidence of type 2 diabetes? Use material from the first 8 chapters to answer this. (33%)
• How would some of the recommendations provided in chapters 3-8 for improving the quality and distribution of the social determinants of health of income, employment security and working conditions serve to reduce the vulnerability of people to type 2 diabetes? (33%)