Social Determinants Of Health On Education
The Effects of Poverty and Health on Education:
A Guided Look into The Social Determinants of Health
Introduction
An individual's level of health has many factors that are each contributing to a scale that varies on a positive and negative scale. When one factor directly affects an individual, all other factors will be affected, either positively or negatively, because of how closely each determinate is interlinked. Education is the factor of focus in this paper, therefore we will examine how education and poverty are connected, why they are so closely related, and the effects that the remaining social determinants of health have on education and poverty.
Social Determinants of Health The Canadian Public Health Leader defines the social determinants of health as “the social and economic factors that influence people’s health” (Social Determinants of Health, n.d.). Mikkonen and Raphael state that there are fourteen specific factors that determine one's health: income and income distribution; education; unemployment and job security; employment and working conditions; early childhood development; food insecurity; housing; social exclusion; social safety network; health services; aboriginal status; gender; race; and disability (2014). Of the fourteen social determinants of health there …show more content…
These factors include income, employment/unemployment status, job security, and working conditions. These economic factors determine exactly how much money in being brought into the household. Income determines the level of support for the indirect effectors of poverty. Whereas employment status is a determinant of income because an income is not possible without employment. We must recognize that the factors directly affecting poverty are not possible without one another, which presents a cyclical
A Guided Look into The Social Determinants of Health
Introduction
An individual's level of health has many factors that are each contributing to a scale that varies on a positive and negative scale. When one factor directly affects an individual, all other factors will be affected, either positively or negatively, because of how closely each determinate is interlinked. Education is the factor of focus in this paper, therefore we will examine how education and poverty are connected, why they are so closely related, and the effects that the remaining social determinants of health have on education and poverty.
Social Determinants of Health The Canadian Public Health Leader defines the social determinants of health as “the social and economic factors that influence people’s health” (Social Determinants of Health, n.d.). Mikkonen and Raphael state that there are fourteen specific factors that determine one's health: income and income distribution; education; unemployment and job security; employment and working conditions; early childhood development; food insecurity; housing; social exclusion; social safety network; health services; aboriginal status; gender; race; and disability (2014). Of the fourteen social determinants of health there …show more content…
These factors include income, employment/unemployment status, job security, and working conditions. These economic factors determine exactly how much money in being brought into the household. Income determines the level of support for the indirect effectors of poverty. Whereas employment status is a determinant of income because an income is not possible without employment. We must recognize that the factors directly affecting poverty are not possible without one another, which presents a cyclical