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One prevention strategy for aids that was brought up in “Endgame: AIDS in Black America” was educating those in high school the importance of abstinence to prevent the spread of the disease, however that was a problem because many had already had sex. Due to the fact that it would be difficult to stop those high school students for having sex, it was suggested that the use of condoms should be promoted. Another prevention strategy was the syringe exchange program, however it was controversial because many believed it promoted drug abuse. That belief was disputed by studies which showed there was no increase in drug abuse due to this prevention strategy.
2. Structural violence describes social arrangements that put individuals and populations in harm’s way by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. It’s important for physicians and public health works to understand structural violence in combatting disease because if you look at AIDS in the United States, it was depicted that the best care for patients come from physicians and public health workers who took a biosocial approach to medicine. Studying the social aspect is necessary to provide the best …show more content…
Absolute poverty is the worse of the two in my opinion because those whole fall under the absolute property category have no ability to obtain the basic necessity of living such as food, shelter, clean water, and health care access. While absolute property have the basic necessity for living but they are unable to meet society’s standard of living. The causes and consequences of poverty can be interchangeable as no education, proper health care, or access to birth control can both be the consequence or cause of poverty. While playing rent it was very unfortunate because I didn’t have the proper income to feed myself which could lead to malnutrition. Not to mention that I wasn’t also able to pay for health care. So becoming malnutritioned and not having the health care would eventually lead to my
One prevention strategy for aids that was brought up in “Endgame: AIDS in Black America” was educating those in high school the importance of abstinence to prevent the spread of the disease, however that was a problem because many had already had sex. Due to the fact that it would be difficult to stop those high school students for having sex, it was suggested that the use of condoms should be promoted. Another prevention strategy was the syringe exchange program, however it was controversial because many believed it promoted drug abuse. That belief was disputed by studies which showed there was no increase in drug abuse due to this prevention strategy.
2. Structural violence describes social arrangements that put individuals and populations in harm’s way by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. It’s important for physicians and public health works to understand structural violence in combatting disease because if you look at AIDS in the United States, it was depicted that the best care for patients come from physicians and public health workers who took a biosocial approach to medicine. Studying the social aspect is necessary to provide the best …show more content…
Absolute poverty is the worse of the two in my opinion because those whole fall under the absolute property category have no ability to obtain the basic necessity of living such as food, shelter, clean water, and health care access. While absolute property have the basic necessity for living but they are unable to meet society’s standard of living. The causes and consequences of poverty can be interchangeable as no education, proper health care, or access to birth control can both be the consequence or cause of poverty. While playing rent it was very unfortunate because I didn’t have the proper income to feed myself which could lead to malnutrition. Not to mention that I wasn’t also able to pay for health care. So becoming malnutritioned and not having the health care would eventually lead to my