Comment on the following observation:
“Social class has a significant impact on one’s physical health, ability to receive adequate medical care and nutrition, and life expectancy.”
As part of your answer you might consider the following:
(1)While gender and race play significant factors in explaining healthcare inequality in the United States, socioeconomic status is the greatest determining factor in an individual’s level of access to healthcare.
(2) Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions, and their distribution among the population, that influence individual and group differences in health status.
(3) They are risk factors found in one’s living and working conditions (such as the distribution of income, wealth, influence, and power), rather than individual factors (such as behavioral risk factors or genetics) that influence the risk for a disease, injury, or vulnerability to disease or injury.
(4) Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions, and their distribution among the population, that influence individual and group differences in health status.
(5) Health inequality is the term used in a number of countries to refer to those instances whereby the health of two demographic groups (not necessarily ethnic or racial groups) differs despite comparative access to health care services.
