He argues that better nutrition increases resistance to infection and increases the survival chances of those who did get infected. However this has been challenged as females usually have a lower intake of food compared to men, and yet they live longer than men. The second reason for the decrease in the death rate is the healthcare the country now has improved massively. In 1900, many people would die due to illnesses that we wouldn’t see as a problem anymore such as the flu. There weren’t antibiotics and other ways to help cure these illnesses, and the ways they did have weren’t effective enough to stop people dying.
High levels of illness are more common in areas of low social class, areas of high unemployment and environmental pollution. Lower life expectancy is also more common in areas of poverty. The government do not tackle these problem areas because of cost and also because the more advantaged would end up footing the bill which would place them at a disadvantage. Social classes will always show differences when related to health and ill health in society. The Feminist Approach This approach looks very strongly into the impact of social inequalities on women's health especially concerning child birth and contraception, this
The changes in government programs such as Medicare caused a reduction of gross patient service revenue. Research funding was not covering 100% its own expenses, having to use clinical revenues to cover them and subsequently affecting education programs. Analysis Although well distinguished for their highly specialized tertiary and quaternary care, both hospitals faced similar rate drops in the percentage of utilized beds. BWH rate dropped from 88.7% in 1988 to 79.6% in 1993. At MGH the decline was 87.6% in 1988 to 78.4% in 1993 as well.
To what extent has social policy aimed to remove inequalities in health and social care between different social classes? Tackling inequalities in health and social care between different social classes is complex and a long-term challenge that requires concerted action across government in a combination of effectively designed and implemented policies and ensuring effective delivery of those policies. Black Report (1980) and a government-commissioned Acheson report (1998) on health inequalities confirmed that inequalities in health and social care were increasing and were directly linked to social class. The government has radically shifted power to local communities, enabling them to reduce inequalities and improve health in people’s lives. Action to support mothers, families and children became a high priority in policy making.
Those differences which can include average life span and socioeconomic groups are related to social advantage and therefore portray health disparities or inequities (Meyers). Disparities are caused by many factors, including what we inherited at birth from our parents, and then those influences that shape our everyday lives. The most important factors being individual socioeconomic circumstances, physical and cultural community environment, personal management of health, and health care financing and delivery. Complex factors operating at the level of individuals play important roles in disparities in health and health care. However, something as simple as language has an enormous effect in health disparities and has led to catastrophes.
Therefore, equity, or access to services, needs to be considered when discussing inequalities in health as one can affect the other. Some groups of people have better health and live longer than others and there is usually a correlation between wealth and health, with the poorest peoplebeing less healthy than those better off (Black, 1980). This was also reported in the Acheson Report (1998) which went on to highlight that the gap in health inequality is widening.Lord Marmot’s report Fair Society, Healthy Lives (DH, 2010) agreed with the previous findings and went on to state that there is a social gradient in health with those worse off at the bottom. However, he continued to say that universal actions are required to reduce inequalities as focussing only on the most disadvantaged would only tackle a small part of the problem, hence, the necessity for a proportionate level of services based on need. One of the populations in Hackney which appear to be affected by health inequalities and inequity are
According to the author, this causes moral poverty. Dalrymple claims that the poverty in England is not economic, but it is cultural, spiritual, moral, and he also argues that this English “poverty of soul” is actually worse than Third World poverty. In “The City by the Sea” Shiva Naipaul’s examples have relationship with the first article; Naipaul illustrates poor people’s economic situation and morality in India with examples. I agree that the poverty in England is not economic, but spiritual, moral and cultural because the poor in England do not have good family relations and do not respect other people or the environment. However, I disagree that this English poverty is worse than the Third World poverty because the poor in England have a chance to live well, but in India the poor have no chance to live well, and there are many people in Third World countries who are also spiritually poor like England, so that means this English poverty is not the worst.
He argues that better nutrition increases resistance to infection and increases the survival chances of those who did get infected. However this has been challenged as females usually have a lower intake of food compared to men, and yet they live longer than men. The second reason for the decrease in the death rate is the healthcare the country now has improved massively. In 1900, many people would die due to illnesses that we wouldn’t see as a problem anymore such as the flu. There weren’t antibiotics and other ways to help cure these illnesses, and the ways they did have weren’t effective enough to stop people dying.
The nation’s economy has been affected, because of poorer health, with a 65 to 130 billion estimated annual cost. Some estimate that nearly nine million children are uninsured in the country. The lack of insurance for children causes their caretakers to seek less medical care for them, leaving conditions untreated and resulting in improper development. Adults are at a higher risk of developing chronic conditions like diabetes or heart disease. The article has considered four possible solutions to the health care dilemma.
Social and economic standards have dropped below the poverty line for a large percentage of the population, causing Judt to refer to the prevailing social problems as the re-opening of the social question. On top of all, we are facing a lack of political participation that inhibits change. While focusing on the Anglo-Saxon world in his analysis, as these countries are facing similar problems, and only occasionally referring to countries such as Germany, France, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands, Judt still makes clear that the entire Western world is affected by social and political decay. The book can be read in very different ways, for example as a call for increased left-wing politics, an elaborate critique of capitalism or a history of the socio-political development of the Western world. Yet, predominating all these elements is a central message.