The reasons for these inequalities are linked with socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender and the geographical area in which people live. There is also statistical evidence which highlights the fact that Maori, Pacific Islanders and people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are dying at a younger age and generally have poorer health than other New Zealanders (Ministry of Health [MOH], 2002). The Reducing Inequalities in Health report (MOH, 2002) states that the primary causes of health inequality in New Zealand are directly related to the distribution of and access to resources such as income, education, employment and housing. The report also states that another major influence on this inequality in health is the difference in how and when people access health care services and how that care may differ between those receiving the services. This is also said to have a significant impact both on peoples’ health status and mortality rates.
Yakima County Health Overview There are many factors that determine the health of a community, including environmental factors, as well as resource availability. We determine the health of the county, compared to what is considered the healthiest of all counties in the United States, keeping in mind the resources that are available to it as well. A. Yakima County Demographics: Population, Age group, Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, Mortality rates, etc. B. Health Risk Factors C. Discuss the most common health problems among residents of the Yakima County.
These links between housing and health in supporting the health and well-being of people in their homes are well documented and were highlighted recently in a Welsh Health Circular from the Welsh Assembly Government. They include: • The need to tackle deprivation as well as improving health care services if health is to improve • Investment in housing improvements does impact favourably on the mental health of residents • Respiratory health may be improved through energy efficiency initiatives in the home • Homeless people and other vulnerable groups are likely to suffer worse health but also have greater difficulty in accessing health services than the rest of the population There are a number of housing initiatives and policies already contributing to the
Ethnicity has repeatedly been shown to be a strong indicator of health status. Deprivation, socioeconomic factors such as income, education and unemployment, is recognised as a major indicator of health. These are demographic characteristics that will influence services, for example if a local community have a particularly high number of older people then residential homes and nursing homes are going to be more important that than services for children like nurseries and playgroups. I have chosen to look at teenage pregnancies and child poverty in Norfolk. Child Poverty Many children and young people in Norfolk face a variety of disadvantages that mean they are less likely to have positive outcomes for their lives.
This is due to social class. The higher the class the higher the standard of care. Researchers found that some of the 7500 deaths that are among people younger than the age of 65 could have been prevented could have been prevented if inequalities in wealth narrowed to their 1983 levels. If a baby girl is born in leeds she is more than twice as likely to die in the first year of life compared to an infant girl growing up in a dorset town. Alot of studies into health inequalities rely on morality, death, and morbidity, illness, data.
* Structure * Housing * Education * Employment * Geographical and Social Isolation * Poverty * Agency Inequalities in health such as can lead to a variety of conditions such as 4. Health Problem * Identify condition * Brief overview of health condition * Identify where the inequality lies - Social class, ethnicity, language, gender, age, disability, sexuality or geography * Provide evidence that the inequality exists E.G. Stats that the condition is more prevalent or access to treatment is unequal in the social group that is being discussed 5. Social Influences Action * Behavioural issues - smoking * Education regarding behavioural issues * Attitudes, values and beliefs * Peer pressure * Social support * Modelling * Motivation * Learned behaviours 6. Problem Solving 7.
This essay attempts to provide an overview on human sociological activities, behaviour and experience and how it affects the physical and mental health of an individual. Also contribution would be made from a case study involving a diabetic gentlemen living under poor conditions with his wife and two children. Health can be defined as a state of an absolute well‐being in a form of emotional, physical and psychological state. This definition does not acknowledge only diseases and illness but also reiterates the need to recognize physically healthy body which also depends on social environment and a stable mental state. Sociological perspective of health posits that society depends on healthy people to function properly and also help to control illness (Parsons, 1975).
To understand the health of a population, one needs not only to take into consideration biological or genetic predispositions that make up the group. It is important to consider the many facets of life experience – social experience, economic/income experience – these too have a great impact on the health outcomes of groups and individuals. Of all determinants of health, it is said that income and resulting socio-economic status has had the greatest impact. The evidence is clear when looking at mortality and illness rates by income level: those in the lowest income brackets have the highest rates of illness and disease, resulting in the lowest life expectancy. Falling into this category is the homeless population of Canada.
Through this correlation, one can see how such factors can keep children in impoverished homes throughout their lives. Education is a social problem in the mix of poverty. In many low-income cities, a good education is very rare for many leaders of the household. This lack of education usually results in generational poverty. In other words, children end up following in their parent’s footsteps by dropping out of school at a young age.
While these have presented large mortality rates, tobacco causes more deaths than all the above combined. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008; Mokdad, Marks, Stroud, & Gerberding, 2004). The effects of smoking on the body are vast. While there are extrenal effects like smelly hair, yellow teeth, bad breath and stained fingers, it is the internal damage that is frightening. Smoking harms nearly organ of the body.