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The School of Health Sciences, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
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In Singapore, Malays had the highest prevalence of obese people in 2010 – at 24 per cent, compared to 7.9 per cent among Chinese; and Indians suffered from a higher obesity prevalence than Chinese, but were experiencing a slower increase over time. Secondly, abdominal fatness – an alternative measure of obesity – revealed a rather different story, in which Indians had both the highest obesity rates as a percentage, and the highest growth rate.
Let's start as per normal, by looking at some statistics about health and ethnicity in Singapore. Why do you think there are differences among the ethnic group? What factors have contributed to the differences?
The above information was taken from the The Asia Roundtable on Food Innovation for Improved Nutrition (ARoFIIN). The full report can be found via this link.
Minority Health Disparities | Michelle's Story
Minority Health Disparities | Michelle's Story
The above information was taken from the Johns Hopkins Medicine . The link can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlVZKZNXYBA
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
For many years, biological explanations have been used to justify the partitioning of humanity into ethnic groups. But does this model adequately account for the characteristics of human biological races as they have traditionally been defined? Does this model of humanity account adequately for the biological and genetic variability? Does it do a good job of describing how human populations vary across the earth as well as within and between human populations? And do race models help in the clinical world? This presentation is concerned with making you think about these issues.
Here are the areas to be covered in your learning journey for this week:
Ethnicity and Income
Socio-Economic Status and Heath
Ethnicity and Heath Inequality
The Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change applied to healthcare
By the end of this week's lesson, you should understand the very powerful impact that society has on individual human beings.
You will be able to understand that who we are is a direct results of the social programming that happened to us during the process of socialisation.
Learn to apply the Trans-theoretical Model of Behaviour Change to understand how to help patients shift to medical compliance.
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