There are many different statistics that the government collects and produces. They look at everything from social trends like the smoking and drinking rates to population trends like the birth rates, death rates, and infant mortality rates. The government also produce something called the Health Statistical Quarterly which is a chart that comes out every quarter of the year with birth rates, death rates, and suicide rates that get analysed and grouped by the age, gender, location, and social class of each person. There are also different charitable organisations and pressure groups that are around like the charity Mind (The National Association for Mental Health in the United Kingdom), which is a mental health charity. Charities like these provide up to date statistics about the sorts of information that relate to them.
Once people start to see the decrease in health disparities among the Bourgeoisies and Proletariats politicians would be able to gain more trust from the people in the U.S society. China is a country that has universal health care. In spite of this country being ranked the top ten for best global healthcare they are still faced with an economic crisis. In sociology I learned about how people in each social class have different ways of living and expectations from the government. The upper class would not want to have the same healthcare as someone in the lower class or working class.
Generally people with a positive approach to health believe that they are responsible for their own health. If a person with a positive attitude becomes ill they are likely to blame themselves if they develop symptoms of an illness. The positive concept of health related more easily with Marxism because they may explain shorter life expectancy and the comparatively higher rate of ill health among the poor as a consequence of the inequalities in society. The poor, they would say it would be more likely to have unhealthy diets, live in damp house and live in area where the impacts of unemployment and environment pollution are highest. The reason positive concept of health related to Marxism is that the positive view of health also incorporates the idea that health may be commodity that can be supplied, for example by buying healthy food product.
The medical model looks at the body as a machine, where if it were to break down, a doctor would take on the role of an engineer and attempt to fix it. Unlike the social model, the medical model of health does not take into account social aspects which can also have an effect on health and illness. The social model of health tends to focus on sociological factors, linking illness to things such as poverty, poor housing and unemployment. Eg, the impact that poverty and social class has on illness and health are reflected in life expectancy figures. Although life expectancy in the UK has risen, there is still a gap in life expectancy between the middle class and the working class.
Aakash Patel Dr. Richard Scotch Sociology 4372 12/10/14 Why haven’t we made a change? America has the best doctors and the best medical facilities, but the overall health care system is ranked pretty low. The country does not take full advantage of the resources that we have due to a broken health care system in the country. T.R. Reid shows that other countries has a lot better health system than does the USA and we could learn from them.
Disparities among Low Income and Minority Populations That Affect Access to Healthcare Introduction Race and income affect the health care system in America in a number of ways. The purpose of this study is to find out how race and income affect the healthcare system in America. This paper will show the relation between race and income and how they affect the health care system in America. This paper will also discuss the problems of poverty and how they can affect access to healthcare services. McMillan (2005) defines health care and health reform; it also gives statistics on the comparisons between those with low incomes and those with high incomes and their access to certain health care needs.
Why should this be a concern of doctors? Practising Holistic Medicine The interaction of social factors Unemployment and Poverty Housing Ill health prevention strategies The NHS as an employer 4 7 12 14 16 17 19 21 22 What can doctors do? (including action grid to help inform activity) 24 Conclusions 25 3
Sociological perspective of health posits that society depends on healthy people to function properly and also help to control illness (Parsons, 1975). Parsons identified the sick role of a person which demonstrates a condition of an ill person and its impact on society. He used four components to identify the state of an ill person role. Parson suggests that, for a person to assume a sick role the individual should not be held responsible for being sick, be exempted from normal duties, the person should be seeking help to get out of the role because the individual should not like being in the position of a sick role. However the theory of social stratification does not favour the sick role theory because it is not realistic for some class of people who may need a
I will give an outlining definition of what each of the terms psychology, sociology and social policy means. From reading each of the five scenarios, I have chosen Danny the 33 year old, and I am going to describe the impact of drinking excessive alcohol on his health and his family. I am also going to compare statistics on alcohol related health problems in Sheffield to the national statistics, patterns, and trends. I will discuss health promotion and how this is implemented. Studies in England have shown that a quarter of adults aged 16-24 were drinking more than the recommended limits.
Thereby, the author highlights that civil and political rights are established in Britain and are not the reasons for such a low ranking level. But the case is in social protection and according to the author there are 3 main reasons for this problem. First of all, the national health system isn’t as democratic as it should be, after reforms of 1940s it was nationalised by the government giving access to free health care. However, such reforms led just to deep financial problems of the NHS, to poor standarts, inefficiency, low morale and low confidence. Second problem is in the sphere of education.