Hello, 
        I'm Isabelle Dionne, a student in nursing science at master degree level at Laval University in Quebec city.  

     In my Health Promotion's course, I had to read a portion of the book written by R.G. Evans,"To be or not to be in good health".  I have found it very interesting.  It brings new visions about the health status and death in population.  Also, money is not its main focus and the lack of it, is not being held reponsable for everything that people are negatively experiencing in their lives.  

The theory of social position ( refering to the position that a person occupied in her work place as well as in the society or the place that a society occupied among others and in the world,  ) is being brought up in this book and to me, it makes sense. The structures in which the hierarchic levels are being firmly maintained, are questionned and in a way, we can think that people are encouraged to stay at the level in which they have been born.  The old idea of the respect of its social condition and to stick with it, may still be well alive and promoted not necessarily consciously.  It's a possibility that should be consider to explain some of the health problems.

I was wondering if health promoters are agreeing with this theory or find it irrelevant ?  If health promoters are considering this theory in their work ?  Or, if anyone has something to say about it ?


Thank you.

Isabelle Dionne

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