REACTION PAPER- Unnatural Causes The documentary series “Unnatural causes In sickness and In wealth” explores how socio-economic conditions affect population health and how certain communities come together and work together to improve and extend their health and life expectancy. Throughout the series the common denominator remains that the amount of wealth a person has influences their level of health, overall wellness and level of stress in their everyday life. The higher a person is on the Hierarchy level, the more they earn and the less they worry about basic amenities.…
Health is not determined solely by people’s genes but is largely shaped by environmental and socioeconomic factors. In Health and in Wealth, the first episode in the documentary series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, addresses the vast differences between US communities not only on a nationwide range but even at a local scale with a total shift across a single block. As Dr. Troutman notes, “There’s a cultural demarcation in the city where on one side of this particular street, Ninth Street, there’s a tremendous amount of new developments going on, condos rising up. And right across the street is where the public housing projects begin. Every city has a Ninth Street” (Unnatural Causes 2008).…
Unnatural Causes Unnatural Causes is a documentary about the effects of one’s socioeconomic status in health, diseases, life expectancy, and excess death. The film compares the lives of 4 individuals who live in different counsel districts of Louisville, Kentucky. Systems theorists believe individuals, their systems, communities, and environment are all interrelated to achieve better interactions between each other (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2011). Micro, mezzo, and macro systems levels, as well as homeostasis will be discussed to explain the causes of excess death and how to decrease or eliminate excess death. Micro System…
Student ID: 13817824 Unnatural Causes Reflection The seven episode documentary series presented by California Newsreel, Unnatural Causes, uses research along with human stories to describe the ever present social determinants of health that plague American society. This series moves through multiple determinants such as the social gradient, race, social exclusion, as well as many others to impress upon its viewers that our health is intimately associated with the environment (Alderman & Strain, 2008). Furthermore these episodes beg the questions, “What else needs to be done?” and “How has my social and physical environments affected my own health?”. This reflection will analyze my own health and community, assess which social determinates are contributing to the present disparities in my own life, as well as propose strategies to mitigate the effects of these determinants.…
Social determinants of health are referred to the economic and social conditions that influence the health of the people and communities. “Social determinants” refer to broader social factors, such as income inequality or social exclusion that lead to or influence health and development outcomes. Money, power and resources usually govern these factors and determine the effect of it on individuals and community in question. Social determinants of health affect factors that are related to health outcomes like: • The early childhood development of an individual • The education level of the person • The current job and the previous job a person has achieved • The kind of work a person performs on a regular basis • The food security condition for…
In general, there is a huge gap between the quality care among classes. In the case of the poor, their poverty constrains them to inadequate health care, and as a result are more likely to become sicker. With a similar idea when the poor are sick, seeking medical attention only produces more poverty, it is the high medical bills that keep those at the bottom at the bottom like in the case for Robert Banes. Mr. Banes due to his low-paying, temporary jobs, had no access to medical insurance, and as a result his health suffered for not seeking help on time. Nonetheless, it was his poverty that constrained him from seeking care, and as a result his kidneys suffered the consequences.…
Retrieved June 5, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class Henslin, J.M. (2014, January). Essentials of Sociology, 11th Edition. [Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#books/9781323110263/ How social class affects health.…
1. Social determinants of health are the 'conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age' (WHO, 2012b, n.p.). These are also accountable for the majority of health inequities (WHO, 2012b). Education is social determinant of health as it is a 'powerful equalizer' (WHO, 2008a, p. 50). This is because educational attainment has been strongly linked to improved health outcomes through infant mortality rates, income and employment, and health literacy (Bloom, as cited in WHO, 2008a; McMurray & Clendon, 2015).…
“Where you stand in the economic ladder is a good predictor of health”. inequality makes us sick, but more importantly underlying causes of inequality make us sick. Reducing the health inequality is possible as it was done before. In the past, some social reforms such as universal education, eight-hour work policy, and better sanitization, helped to improve the health of people. However, during the 1980’s, the government changed the social policies, deregulated industry, reduced taxes for the wealthy.…
Epidemiology Exercise 1. Briefly describe the natural history of the disease in the outbreak; its progression from onset (exposure) to resolution. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2012b), the natural history of the disease refers to the course of a disease from its onset until resolution or death occurs. For the purpose of this question, I will discuss the natural of history of the disease focusing on patient zero.…
According to Adler & Newman (2002), “The most fundamental causes of health disparities are socioeconomic disparities. Socioeconomic status has traditionally been defined by education, income, and occupation” (page, 3). Health disparities can be seen across the entire range of socioeconomic subcategories, with those at the lower end of the socioeconomic status table experiencing the greatest health disparities. Education and income is the greater of the socioeconomic indicators as it pertains to understanding the cause of health disparities (House & Williams, 2000). Adler & Newman (2002) wrote that income policies unique to those at low end of socioeconomic status table or those who live at or under the poverty line would realize the greatest health benefit as their health outcomes achieve better results.…
The first thing the author noticed about the video Unnatural Causes-Is Inequality Making Us Sick that environmental factors can have a huge affect on a communities’ health. It did not matter if it was a town in the United States or the Marshall Islands; both had a change in the environment that caused health problems. It makes one wonder what else could stress a community to the point of causing medical problems? With the Marshall Islands it was the limited sanitation, too many people in close quarters, and maybe possibly the radiation exposure in the past. On the other side, one will see Greenville, MI, where 2,700 jobs were lost with one factory moving to Mexico.…
Therefore, social injustices create a disadvantage to those who are less privileged and health achievement is much more…
Social Determinants Social determinants are the conditions in which people are born, where they live, grow, age and work. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of power, money, and resources at local, global, and national levels (Social determinants, 2015). Many factors are considered when determining what affects the health of individuals as well as entire communities. Health is affected by environmental and circumstantial factors. It is largely influenced by income, education level, relationships with friends and family, the environment, state of residence, as well as genetics (Social determinants, 2015).…
Measuring health- Health and illness is measured by statistical trends. There are three main causes to this. Firstly is the government statistics. It is when the Office of National Statistics takes responsibility for the recent information’s about the health and care issues around the world. The periodicals involves the Social Trends, Population Trends and more trends that is involved with health and illness.…