Summary: Social Inequalities In Health
Inequality in Health
Health is not just the outcome of genetic or biological processes but is also influenced by the social and economic conditions in which we live. These influences have become known as the ‘social factors of health’. An inequality in social conditions rises to unequal and unjust health outcomes for different social groups (health knowledge 2011).
Health inequalities are not only apparent between people of different socio-economic groups but also exists between different genders, different ethnic groups, elderly, people who suffering from mental health complications or learning disabilities also people who has worse health than the rest of the population. The causes of health inequalities are complex, and include lifestyle …show more content…
There is range of factors which contributes to health Inequalities for example:
Social Class inequality (including income, wealth and education)
Research on socio-economic inequalities in health in the UK has a lengthy history. In the early part of the 20th century the British government introduced questions of inequality. This allowed researchers to examine health outcomes by social class. The five class scheme Registrar General’s Social Class (RGSC) which was created in 1911 and a variation of this scheme are still used till today. Back in 1972 years according to the classifications of Social Classes table shows that the man who are classed in class 5 that means unskilled, were 2.5 times to die before the age of 65 then the man classed in class 1 which means Professional. Children in social class V families were twice as likely to die as those in social classes I (Bartley and Blane 2008). …show more content…
Health risky jobs are farmer, construction workers, fire brigade, pilot and too much sitting job such as track driver or other. Men are at higher risk of road traffic injury and tend to drive more and faster when under the influence of alcohol compared to women (health knowledge 2011).
Ethnicity and Culture
Ethnicity is a huge problem in the UK and worldwide. Meanings of ethnicity change, but are likely to involve parts of race, skin colour, language, religion, nationality, country of origin, and culture. Each of these dimensions may have effects for health. For example different culture individuals are developing different types of illnesses. There are so many recorded documents that ethnic inequalities are shown in humanity (Kelly & Nazroo, 2008).
Men and women born in the Caribbean have high rates of mortality from stroke but low rates of death from coronary heart disease. Individuals born in West/South Africa have high death from stroke, but less dies from coronary heart disease. Individuals born in South Asia have high death rates from coronary heart disease and stroke. Non-white migrant groups tend to have lower death rates from respiratory disease and lung cancer but higher death rates for
Health is not just the outcome of genetic or biological processes but is also influenced by the social and economic conditions in which we live. These influences have become known as the ‘social factors of health’. An inequality in social conditions rises to unequal and unjust health outcomes for different social groups (health knowledge 2011).
Health inequalities are not only apparent between people of different socio-economic groups but also exists between different genders, different ethnic groups, elderly, people who suffering from mental health complications or learning disabilities also people who has worse health than the rest of the population. The causes of health inequalities are complex, and include lifestyle …show more content…
There is range of factors which contributes to health Inequalities for example:
Social Class inequality (including income, wealth and education)
Research on socio-economic inequalities in health in the UK has a lengthy history. In the early part of the 20th century the British government introduced questions of inequality. This allowed researchers to examine health outcomes by social class. The five class scheme Registrar General’s Social Class (RGSC) which was created in 1911 and a variation of this scheme are still used till today. Back in 1972 years according to the classifications of Social Classes table shows that the man who are classed in class 5 that means unskilled, were 2.5 times to die before the age of 65 then the man classed in class 1 which means Professional. Children in social class V families were twice as likely to die as those in social classes I (Bartley and Blane 2008). …show more content…
Health risky jobs are farmer, construction workers, fire brigade, pilot and too much sitting job such as track driver or other. Men are at higher risk of road traffic injury and tend to drive more and faster when under the influence of alcohol compared to women (health knowledge 2011).
Ethnicity and Culture
Ethnicity is a huge problem in the UK and worldwide. Meanings of ethnicity change, but are likely to involve parts of race, skin colour, language, religion, nationality, country of origin, and culture. Each of these dimensions may have effects for health. For example different culture individuals are developing different types of illnesses. There are so many recorded documents that ethnic inequalities are shown in humanity (Kelly & Nazroo, 2008).
Men and women born in the Caribbean have high rates of mortality from stroke but low rates of death from coronary heart disease. Individuals born in West/South Africa have high death from stroke, but less dies from coronary heart disease. Individuals born in South Asia have high death rates from coronary heart disease and stroke. Non-white migrant groups tend to have lower death rates from respiratory disease and lung cancer but higher death rates for