...Introduction In my final paper I will be discussing the health inequality in the social stratification in Canada and how our socioeconomic status can affect our health to be good or poor. Our health is determined by society and what level of power, authority and accomplishment that people achieve in the social hierarchy. In my essay I will be addressing and comparing the health inequalities people in different scale in the social economic face when it comes to income, education, housing, transportation, employment and health service. These are just the few things that effect our ability of achieve good health. I will also explain how race and immigrants can also determines inequalities, when it comes to their health, especially people of color...
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...The main sources that lead to these health inequalities can be explained by factors in the social environment, which can initiate and sustain racial and class health disparities. These social conditions that encompass low occupation status, poor neighborhood residential conditions, and poor access and quality to health care are all important determinants of the health inequalities faced by certain racial and class groups, which often intertwine and serve as a proxy for one another (Halfmann, Lecture Notes; Kawachi 2005; Williams 2005). With this said, having a low occupation status can cause certain races and classes to have health inequalities. For example, people with a higher socioeconomic status have better jobs and, as a result, have...
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...relationship between income inequality and health coverage/status is an important area to examine because socioeconomic status has an effect on peoples health and lifespan. There are two theoretical perspectives, conflict and functional, that provide explanations for income inequality and health care coverage/status. Conflict perspective is the idea that social life is shaped by groups who compete with one another over resources. This results in a power struggle over wealth and prestige in society. The conflict theorist might predict that social inequality characterizes the quality of health and the quality of healthcare; that is, people with social disadvantageous are more likely to become ill than the socially elite, and because of their disadvantageous they will receive inadequate health care. The conflict theorist might assume that in order to make more money, physicians will try to self-regulate their practice of medicine in attempts to define social problems as medical problems....
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...Those that do not have insurance probably cannot afford to take time off from work due to illness and wind up going to the emergency room if medical care is needed. Waiting until something is wrong and seeking emergency medicine is not the right answer but for some, this is the only option. Getting this type of last minute medical care is one of the reasons health care and insurance is so expensive. It costs more to treat pneumonia than it does a cold. If you let the cold settle into the lungs, now something simple has become complicated, potentially life-threatening, and takes much longer to recover from. Income Inequality will produce inequality in health care. As long as there are inequalities in income, there will be levels of...
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...It is common knowledge to most United States citizens that the disease prevention and healthcare in the country are greatly wanting in both accessibility and affordability. While immunizations and screenings are now commonplace in Western biomedical practices, I argue that they do not actively improve public health, nor do they lower the costs of treatments for those that need them. Additionally, even if the United States had Universal Healthcare, which undeniably has many benefits, health inequalities will continue due to limited physicians, resources, and socio-economic differences in patients. A patient with access to the best doctors, hospitals, and treatments will still repeatedly become sick if they return to the environment that caused...
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...Should Income Inequality be Considered as a Serious Problem that Affects the Health of Most Individuals? Peng Peng AEIS111 Instructor: Roger Frost August 5,2015 With the rapid development of society, people did not have to worry about rising of income and income’s effects. Poor communities tend to suffer different diseases compared to rich people. The rich people will be associated with obesity while the poor are associated with wide range of diseases such as malnutrition, cholera, waterborne diseases and others (Rowlingson, 2011). In the recent years, all this seems different, and the apprehension has majorly shifted. Considering all this truly income inequality does affect the health of most individuals. Income inequality affects life expectancy, disease prevalence and social problems. On contrary, it is argued out that income inequality the main causative agent for health problems (Richard, 2015). This paper is an argumentative essay on how income inequality affects individual health and also identifies if it is the main causative agent or health problems. Firstly, there have been various studies that determine if indeed inequality affects the health of individuals. Those studies such as Whitehall studies have been able to demonstrate a link that is clear between the economic background and the health of individuals.It found out that people living in areas that are poor will die seven years earlier than the people that are living in areas that are...
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...locations associated with health inequalities which continue to persist for particular social groups? Health services are a common activity that is conducted to every individual in the world. This ranges from medical examinations and treatment form various illness encountered by various individuals. However, this is not the case to every party in the world. Some regions in some countries suffer from inadequate health services provision. This brings the element of inequality in the health sector in various countries. The most prone areas which suffer from these factors are the rural areas. This brings the main intent of the paper on analyzing on the factors that contributes to these inequalities. A rural or remote area is an area that is far away from people or town activities or taller buildings. It is also regarded as a place that is far from civilization (Jayapalan, 2002). A remote place can be within a town but situated in the outcasts of the same town. They are generally known as villages where a social group stays together closely (Hillyard, 2007). A health inequality in a sociological perspective refers to the difference in the accessing of health services between a particular population and social group (Hilary, 2007). The health inequalities can also occur between people in leadership positions as according to their rankings in the leadership hierarchy (Tobin, 2012). The people in remote or rural areas can have a hard time accessing the health services which are mostly...
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...A long standing issue in Australia is the social-health inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous people. The gap between the two ethnic groups remains increasingly worrying, as the imbalance here in Australia is among of the worst health gaps between the indigenous and non-indigenous people in a any country. It has even gone as far to be raised as a human rights concern by the United Nations committee, which has since been acknowledged by Australian Government. The Australian Bureau of Statistics found there was seventeen year gap in life expectancy between non-indigenous and indigenous people living in Australia in 2011 census. This statistic alone should be enough to see the urgence in the matter of social health in our country....
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...The Detrimental Impact of Income Inequality on Social Well-being The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as the “complete state of physical, mental or social well-being,” (2001:3). Through the Quality of Life survey, the well-being of societies is measured, where living conditions and ‘quality of life’ are found to be important concepts to the overall wellbeing of countries (Eurofound, 2012). The United Nations (UN) asserts that global happiness can only be achieved if environmental and social well-being accompany economic development (UN DESA, 2013). While well-being indicates living conditions and resource dispersal, the lack of social well-being relates to “social and income equality, social capital, social trust, social connectedness and social networks,” (Eurofound, 2012, FPH, 2010). Although there is national and patterned variation, academics have found that...
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...with the intention of creating a system of universal whilst also free health-care across England, established the National Health Service in 1948. Both the conservative and the Labour governments subscribed to a ballot about how the NHS should be run until 1979 when the new prime minister, Margaret Thatcher took power. The conservative reform of the NHS concentrated on four elements. These four elements included: the principles of the free market for example, competition were introduced and encouraged in health care. GP’s become responsible for their own budgets and were known as fund holders. This is where they were able to purchase service on behalf of their patients registered to them from hospital trusts. This idea was that the service could promote efficiency whilst also reducing the costs as trusts competed with each other to provide services. The second element was that the care in the community was designed to take the disabled and mentally ill, the old and the sick out of institutional care and to put them back into the care of their family and the wider community. The third element focused on private health schemes, where this period saw an increase in private homes for the elderly. The last element was the introduction of a patient’s charter, which, was introduced in 1992 in order to understand performance standards for health care. However, there have been many suggestions that the health service has been shaped into a three-tier system, which merely reproduces...
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...MAT 221 Math is a very interesting and difficult topic for me at times, but I must admit that I enjoyed this week’s lesson on inequalities. I never knew that there were calculations for body mass index until now. Below, I have worked out calculations according to my height that let me know which weight(s) is healthy for me. In addition, I will also work calculations in between as well as the calculations that show which level of weight(s) that I need to stay away from, if I wish to extend my years here. According to page 151 in our textbook, we were given the formula for Body Mass Index or BMI as stated below: BMI= 703W H2 Next, we were asked to calculate the four intervals based on our own individual heights. My height is 72.23 inches. The various intervals include three compound between inequalities and one average inequality. Whenever BMI shows up in the inequalities I will substitute the formula and solve the inequality for W to point out the weight ranges that fit each category for my specified height. As documented, the first interval shows those who might have a longer life span than average. The compound inequality for this is: 17<BMI<22 17<703W<22 This is referred to as an equivalent inequality. H2 17<703W<22 Here H2 has been replaced by my actual height in inches. 72.232 17<703W <22 During the next step, I will multiply all three terms by the denominator. 5217.1729 17(5217.1729)<703W(5217...
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...Reproductive justice targets the structural inequalities of reproductive health for marginalized communities in the United States. Through policy and law making government officials have made it possible to provide contraception and sexual education to those who lack the resources to get it. In Dorothy Roberts chapters, she described the reproductive injustices and violations that women and girls have endured. As a way to control domestic populations of marginalized communities state legislators made contraceptives available through Medicaid for poor women. Due to the alternative motives behind the funding even women who did not have Medicaid had the opportunity to get Norplant; a hormonal implant that prevents pregnancy for up to 5 years....
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...produces the creature, intermediate between male and eunuch, which is described as feminine.Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. The importance of gender equality is underscored by its inclusion as one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. Gender equality is acknowledged as being a key to achieving the other seven goals Gender inequality holds back the growth of individuals, the development of countries and the evolution of societies, to the disadvantage of both men and women. Gender inequality and discrimination is argued to cause and perpetuate poverty and vulnerability in society as a whole. Household and intra-household knowledge and resources are key influences in individuals' abilities to take advantage of external livelihood opportunities or respond appropriately to threats. High education levels and social integration significantly improve the productivity of all members of the household and improve equity throughout society. Gender Equity Indices seek to provide the tools to demonstrate this feature of poverty. Discrimination against women and girls - including gender-based violence, economic discrimination, reproductive health inequities, and harmful traditional practices - remains the most pervasive and persistent form of inequality. Women and...
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...with subsequent assignments. You will be penalized if you don’t follow the appropriate format for the rest of the assignments. | 0 | * Creativity: What is this? Creative thinking. * No marks for assignment 1 | 0 | Total | /100 | Assignment 2 Organization * Introduction (purpose/thesis statement and an overview of essay) * Paragraphing * Coherence: All the requirements of the assignment are related. A coherent essay must be able to “connect all the dots.” For example, any discussion of government policies must be related to the barriers that the most affected groups face in the labour market. * Conclusion | /10 | * What is the difference between inequality and insecurity and how can these phenomena be explained theoretically? | /10 | * How does labour market inequality and insecurity affect social groups? | /25 | * Has work become more unequal and/or insecure in Canada? |...
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...towards women has not yet changed? However, the law has as its main motive to preserve and promote human rights, and gender equality is the crux of those rights. Gender equality does not only stand as a process of equal valuing of the roles of women and men, but more precisely, as a practice to overcome the obstacles of prejudices so that both sexes are subject to the economic, social, cultural and political developments of the society. It simply aims at equal perception, equal empowerment and equal responsibility in all spheres of life. One can be surely flabbergasted to acknowledge that achieving gender equality necessitates the presence of men; those men, because of whom, the word gender inequality came mostly into existence. Notwithstanding it is an incontestable fact that gender inequality includes both sexes, yet women are the most vulnerable to these disparities. The equality of men and women has become one of the fundamental constituent of human rights, ever since the adoption of the United...
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