Global Health Socio- Biography
On March 21st, 1998, a premature baby, my family member asked me, “she’s coughing her lungs out, is she okay?”. But the uncertainty of my cough gave off many hints, that something was wrong. At the time of my birth I looked weak, and was having shortness of breath. However, the doctors were unsure, and believed at that time that my asthma was temporary, and would leave overtime. However, these predictions were inaccurate. Slowly, as time progressed one day I had a moment where I was having trouble breathing. I coughed, and coughed, and could not catch my breathe. Although, the doctors had notified my parents that premature babies are at higher risk of asthma, everyone was unsure if it were true.
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Wright Mills stated that “neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both”. Examine my paper, I have noticed that healthy living revolves on social, and political aspect. Some of these aspects are the country of class, and origin. Canadian cultural conditions are managing the health conditions in simpler methods compared to India’s living conditions. As C. Wright Mills, the ’sociological imagination’, shapes society, and how the health care system involves from one society to another. The sociological imagination enables, that living conditions such as the social determinants of health, social location, such as class, race, gender, national origin, and social dynamics global, national, and local politics influences everyone’s health, and well-being. Looking at this perspective as a whole it allows me to understand that our interstation about lives, and as well as others from their perspectives not only shows the obvious reasons of good, and poor health but the social, historical, and political aspects. For example, factors contributing families to leave their countries to live in a brighter, and more hopeful country. Presently, when I reflect on my health, and well-being in Canada, my mother, and I wonder sometimes how our life would have changed back home in Punjab, India. I am glad that I live in such nation like Canada, which provides facilities, and services at ease, without other conflicting aspects that would have occurred back home. Moreover, my parents, and I believe my early life influences my current state of health, and well-being even when I was unaware of it. I believe if these problems were not addressed at that period, maybe I would not have been in the best conditions, and probably would have not got the help that I got while being a
On March 21st, 1998, a premature baby, my family member asked me, “she’s coughing her lungs out, is she okay?”. But the uncertainty of my cough gave off many hints, that something was wrong. At the time of my birth I looked weak, and was having shortness of breath. However, the doctors were unsure, and believed at that time that my asthma was temporary, and would leave overtime. However, these predictions were inaccurate. Slowly, as time progressed one day I had a moment where I was having trouble breathing. I coughed, and coughed, and could not catch my breathe. Although, the doctors had notified my parents that premature babies are at higher risk of asthma, everyone was unsure if it were true.
One day while …show more content…
Wright Mills stated that “neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both”. Examine my paper, I have noticed that healthy living revolves on social, and political aspect. Some of these aspects are the country of class, and origin. Canadian cultural conditions are managing the health conditions in simpler methods compared to India’s living conditions. As C. Wright Mills, the ’sociological imagination’, shapes society, and how the health care system involves from one society to another. The sociological imagination enables, that living conditions such as the social determinants of health, social location, such as class, race, gender, national origin, and social dynamics global, national, and local politics influences everyone’s health, and well-being. Looking at this perspective as a whole it allows me to understand that our interstation about lives, and as well as others from their perspectives not only shows the obvious reasons of good, and poor health but the social, historical, and political aspects. For example, factors contributing families to leave their countries to live in a brighter, and more hopeful country. Presently, when I reflect on my health, and well-being in Canada, my mother, and I wonder sometimes how our life would have changed back home in Punjab, India. I am glad that I live in such nation like Canada, which provides facilities, and services at ease, without other conflicting aspects that would have occurred back home. Moreover, my parents, and I believe my early life influences my current state of health, and well-being even when I was unaware of it. I believe if these problems were not addressed at that period, maybe I would not have been in the best conditions, and probably would have not got the help that I got while being a