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How is the Index of Multiple Deprivation calculated?

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Using data from the census

Looks at geographical residential area

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How is the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) calculated?

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Using data from the census

Based on occupation

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Describe the ‘Artefact Explanation’ for health inequalities

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Health inequalities are shown due to the way the data is collected.

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Describe the ‘Social Selection Explanation’ for health inequalities

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Our health determines our class. Chronically ill people move down the social hierarchy and so are more likely to be disadvantaged

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Describe the ‘Behavioural-Cultural Explanation’ for health inequalities

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Ill health is due to people’s own health decisions, knowledge and goals. People from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to do health-damaging behaviors.

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Describe the ‘Materialist Explanation’ for health inequalities

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Ill health results from differential access to healthcare and a lack of choice in being exposed to risk factors

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Describe the ‘Psychosocial Explanation’ for health inequalities

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A lower social environment means more stressors are present which results in poorer health.

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Describe the ‘Income Distribution Explanation’ for health inequalities

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A greater inequality in income at a national scale is proportional to a bigger healthcare inequality nationally.

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What is inequality?

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When people do not have an equal share in a given thing

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What is inequity?

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Inequalities which are not proportional to people’s needs. They are unfair and avoidable

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What does a utilisation study measure?

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Receipt of services

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What services are a person of a lower socioeconomic class more likely to use?

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GP or emergency services as generally problems are left until they are more serious. This may be because health issues are normalised.