Social Model Of Health

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in health education. More and more people noticed the importance of having a heath body and lifestyle. However, not all of these people understand the authentic meaning of health. This journal will demonstrate the changes of my perspective for health and some of my viewpoints about the social model of health.

My viewpoint of health has changed significantly during my first health education class. Previously, I thought getting more sunshine is positive, because my hometown is in the north part of China. There are a large amount of people having diseases due to the lack of sunshine. However, as Jennifer mentioned, sunshine also can influence people’s health in a harmful way. For instance, in Australia, because of excessive sunlight, there are approximately 12,510 citizens having troubles in skin cancer in 2012 ( Reilly,n.d.).

Another notable aspect is the focus of mental health. In my initial idea of
This understanding is useful to me, because the social model is an innovative model which has consider about the external influences for people’s health. Comparing to the biomedical model, the one only focusing on individual’s problems, the social model pays more attention on the social influences. It mentioned that there are various factors which might affect health, such as living and working conditions, different social groups and access to infrastructure. The social model offers the equality of having the similar basic condition, which will promote health in precaution. The social model also encourages community, government and other public organizations to take some actions. This measure will enhance the health standard and prevent illness