Social determinants of health

Identify Determinant of Health - My chosen determinant of health is social - Individual health is not only shaped by various forms of medical treatments but also by living conditions as well as lifestyle choices as determined by their social environment - Social determinants include the quality of the individual’s community, housing, work setting, availability of social health services and educational institutions. - By looking at the various factors, we can better understand how the health of…

Interactions of health determinants on wellbeing, with a specific focus on the Healthy Christchurch initiative. The wellbeing of an individual, community, or population can best be defined by the state of its welfare, health, prosperity, security and success. There are many determinants that interplay to effect the wellbeing of people and their communities, and the majority of these are determined simply by the placing of a person or group of people on the social gradient (social ladder).…

Introduction In recent years, there has been a great concern that the minority who experience poverty, inequality and racism is in connection to poor health outcomes. The social determinants of health such as the environment, health behavior, and socio-economic status. In this paper, my concern is how disparities of resources such as availability of food stores, and restaurants among minority cause diabetes in East Harlem as compared to the Upper Eastside where the majority of white resides.…

States can obtain. Those who are without are disadvantaged in some social way. Social disadvantages are not just about one’s identity as a minority, but also are concerned with wealth, socio-economic status, and where one lives. For many, these are factors that limit their ability to live a healthy life, physically or mentally. Observing how different your own community is from others you visit is a way to become aware of how health disparities truly effect the way some people live. Many…

‘Public health is everyone’s business’ illustrates Jones (2012, p.2). The Faculty of Public Health regard public health as a combination of health protection, health advancement and promoting health (Griffiths and Dark, 2006 cited in Jones p.6 2012). For part 1 of this assignment, public health in context aims to set the scene and illustrate the challenges. Health inequalities arising in society will be addresed and critically evaluated using the Marmot Review and the associated policy…

GENDER AS A SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH The purpose of this report is to discuss the role of gender power dynamics in shaping the social determinants of health. Currently, men and women are not considered equal in economic, legal and social rights around the world. Women tend to be worse off and as a result suffer more and lead to poorer health than men. Taking measures to reduce and address these inequalities in health by emphasizing on Women’s rights is effective in ensuring that there is a…

A determinant of health and/or illness is a variable or group of variables that directly or indirectly influences the distribution of diseases. These determinants can be individual, physical, or in this case social. These social determinants of health are "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels." (WHO, 2018). This plays a large part in how health is…

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…

Social class: A Determinant of Health Twenty years ago Canada introduced the Canadian Health Act in an attempt to eliminate financial barriers to the access of adequate health care. The universal health care system is a publicly funded system that offers hospital and physician services at no cost to the patient at the point of service (Asada 1). The goal in offering equal access to health care to all citizens is to eliminate discrepancies in health outcomes between classes. However, despite a…

intersectionality has been used in research to reflect the intersection of the social determinants of health, gender and class as affecting mental health outcomes (McGibbon & McPherson, 2012). The two explanatory approaches have different origins and methods of assessing relationships between social location and mental health outcomes. The psychosocial explanatory approach developed from sociological and psychological paradigms of social processes (McCloud, 2004). It is viewed as a framework to…