Health Inequalties Essay

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1. ------------------------------------------------- List three things you found important that this video talks about (make sure to give specific examples). Why are these issues important? Explain your answer 2. ------------------------------------------------- How does, in your opinion, health inequities and/or inequalities affect a person's health? Explain your answer. Remember to include at least one citation (reference), not including the textbook, to back up your answer. ------------------------------------------------- 1. ------------------------------------------------- The first thing that I found to be important that this video speaks on is the illnesses that are cause from housing problems. Dr. Sam Everington mentions that in certain parts of London those children have illnesses that you would expect to find in third world countries because their housing conditions are so poor. These illnesses include tuberculosis, malnutrition, and anemia. This issue is important because children getting sick so soon without of the financial requirements to fund their illnesses significantly decrease the mortality rate. The second thing that I found important was when Dr. Everington visited Bangladesh and spoke on the use of the unsanitary water. The people there bathed themselves and their children in water that potentially carried many infections and diseases. For example, from the video I was able to see that in the water there was a dead animal. This issue is important being as though is expensive to treat these infections. If there was sanitary water many diseases and infections could be prevented. Filtered and clean water is something that we take for granted in the United States; therefore we do not realize how critical it is to our well-being. The third thing that I found important in the video was availability of medicine in some countries. Many

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