tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617900481067592523.post9007923394993828617..comments2012-05-02T11:27:55.438-04:00Comments on Health and Society: Social Standing vs Biological PredispositionJHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006595225373347228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617900481067592523.post-74065284190005136772012-01-31T19:37:47.121-05:002012-01-31T19:37:47.121-05:00I was equally impressed by the concept on page 86 ...I was equally impressed by the concept on page 86 about how economic status can combat biological predisposition to low birth weights. However, I did not find this to be a sociologically thorough statement. Conley neglected various factors that could have indeed impacted the low-income family's susceptibility to low birth weight far more than the high-income family's such as: environmental factors (proximity to highway or factory pollution) and whether or not this was the mother's first or second pregnancy. We discussed in lecture that a woman's placenta is likely better developed after the first pregnancy so I wonder whether or not this was taken into account when assessing the risk of both families (it may have been the low-income mother's first pregnancy and the high-income mother's 4th.)Taliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075346393119114105noreply@blogger.com