Determinant

Structural determinants: socio-economic position Poor wellbeing and health literacy is correlated with socio-economic factors such as low income, low education levels, unemployment and not having English as a first language, all common characteristics of Indigenous rural and remote populations (Jamieson et al., 2011, Parker et al., 2012). Ethnicity or race is also significant in the oral health of Indigenous children and young people. Research on racism globally indicates that experiences of…

Social Determinants an Elderly Would Face Living Alone in a Remote Community The definition of health has been stated “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO). According to the Social Determinants of Health (2004) there are 12 factors that influence an individual’s health. In this case, the client is an elderly man who is living alone in a remote community. So we picked out 2 issues that we would like to…

Homeless people seem to be free and care what they want to do without working. Having rights and being free are different. Also, according to the journal New Perspective on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness, homeless people can’t get a job even though they want to get a job. (Byrne, Munley and Fargo) Furthermore, they don’t have a chance to go for a vote to change the society that they live in. (National Coalition for the Homeless)…

economic factors are important determinants of indivisuals and populations wellbeing. The key social and economic factors that determine this are work, social status and education. It is important to understand these determinants in order to gain a insightful perspective of what holistically makes people healthy and well. The social gradient is another important aspect of the determinants of wellbeing which will be discussed in accordance with the interaction of these determinants. To understand…

account the populations and communities social determinants (Shi, Hopkins, Tsai, & Kao, 2009). In the Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2008) report they listed a ton of successful programs that made sure that social determinants of that population would be addressed in order to better the community, I will discuss a couple. The first project is called Project Brave, which helped students off all ages realize what social determinants in there neighborhoods were the cause of the…

“The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies and political systems” (World Health Organization, n.d.). Social determinants that affect an individual’s health are thus, multilayered and complex. They include the social gradient, stress, early…

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…

Determinants of Stable and Peaceful Democracies: A Comparison of India and Pakistan Once part of the same dominion, India and Pakistan saw diverging political trajectories after partition in August 1947. Save for a period of emergency rule under Indira Gandhi between 1975-77, India is largely depicted as having successfully consolidated a stable and peaceful democracy. In contrast, Pakistan has alternated between military dictatorship and weak democracy characterised by violence. Comparing the…

There are several factors that can be regarded as determinants of health; such as personal, social, economic, and environmental factors. Neither the health nor the factors that affecting health are constant across time, geographical locations or different socio-economic sub-groups. Direct comparisons of the level and gravity of different health related measures can offer direct evidence of an economy's evolution in raising overall standards of living and shed light on how different health…

Lifestyle is not the only health determinant. Where you live, level of education, accessibility to health care, socioeconomic status, race/ ethnicity, gender, immigration status, social support networks, and inheritance are factors as well. Waiting on a decision of my legal status by the government was stressfully. I felt tired, and sicker than normal. Today, I can relate this back to the insecurities about my future. When I received my permanent status, it felt like the weight lifted off my…