All around the world, the word “health” is a key factor in everyone's lives; it is what essentially makes the world go round. The question, “Why are some people healthy and some people not healthy?” is a question that everyone has wondered and tried to figure out for centuries. (Skolnik, Richard L. "The Determinants of Health/ Pg. 20." Global Health 101. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012. N. pag. Print.) There are many key determinants of health and many health disparities which are the inequalities that occur in the provision of health care and access to health care across different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups.("What Are Health Disparities?" News-Medical.net. N.p., 16 Aug. 2010. Web. 31 Jan. 2016.) Every person in
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The location where people live is certainly important when comparing it to the health of the individuals. Geography location leads to the type of nutrition or “diet” that people have. For example, people in Sub-Sahara Africa do not have access to rich nutritious foods like people in the Unites States do, therefore undernourished bodies lead to poor work ethnicity and education and that eventually leads to poverty. Also the type of health care access that is available to that area. For example, people living in a rural area with little to no access to transportation would have a difficult time finding health …show more content…
This includes the genetic makeup and sex of a person. Genetic makeup can relate to many health factors that we experience throughout our lives. For example, genes are inherited and this includes both the good and bad genes. Diseases are pasted down each generation and we as humans have no control of this type of disease we may be exposed to. Sex is also related to health in numerous ways (Skolnik, Richard L.Pg. 20." Global Health 101). Females and males are obviously very different and can be exposed to different diseases than one another. Also, in some countries, their cultures and religions hold males and females at different levels of hierarchy. Males are more dominant and receive better health opportunity's than the females
The location where people live is certainly important when comparing it to the health of the individuals. Geography location leads to the type of nutrition or “diet” that people have. For example, people in Sub-Sahara Africa do not have access to rich nutritious foods like people in the Unites States do, therefore undernourished bodies lead to poor work ethnicity and education and that eventually leads to poverty. Also the type of health care access that is available to that area. For example, people living in a rural area with little to no access to transportation would have a difficult time finding health …show more content…
This includes the genetic makeup and sex of a person. Genetic makeup can relate to many health factors that we experience throughout our lives. For example, genes are inherited and this includes both the good and bad genes. Diseases are pasted down each generation and we as humans have no control of this type of disease we may be exposed to. Sex is also related to health in numerous ways (Skolnik, Richard L.Pg. 20." Global Health 101). Females and males are obviously very different and can be exposed to different diseases than one another. Also, in some countries, their cultures and religions hold males and females at different levels of hierarchy. Males are more dominant and receive better health opportunity's than the females