Modern Health Issues
Health according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a ‘state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ Which WHO later corrected to ‘Health depends on our ability to understand and manage the interaction between human activities and the physical and biological environment.’ as the original lacked in versatility (Crisp & Taylor, 2004, p. 92). Which highlights that health is not defined by individual aspects but determined by different factors of health being that of biological, environmental and social. This essay will go on to discuss the health of Victorians from the perspective of the model of the social determinants of health, which entails 10 main factors being the social gradient, stress, early life, social exclusion, work, unemployment, social support, addiction, food and transport.
The cause of people’s health status has a lot to do with their actions and with actions comes circumstances that contribute to the individuals’ health status which is usually termed the determinants of health (Smith, Marshall, Williams, Keleher, Murphy, Dobson & Ward, 2003). The model of the determinants of health can be represented by the environmental, biological and social factors that raise or lower the levels of health in a population. This helps the population understand trends in health and why some people have better or worse health than others and also provides a better opportunity to promote good health within a community. The lifestyles that individuals or groups lead have a huge impact on there health either in a positive or negative factor. Negative factor would be smoking and drinking combined with a low social economic status increases possibilities if ill health and diseases known as the risk factor. On the other hand high intake of a healthy variety of veggies, fruit and meat as well as exercise is a positive influence as well as a protective factor (Australia’s Health, 2004).
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The cause of people’s health status has a lot to do with their actions and with actions comes circumstances that contribute to the individuals’ health status which is usually termed the determinants of health (Smith, Marshall, Williams, Keleher, Murphy, Dobson & Ward, 2003). The model of the determinants of health can be represented by the environmental, biological and social factors that raise or lower the levels of health in a population. This helps the population understand trends in health and why some people have better or worse health than others and also provides a better opportunity to promote good health within a community. The lifestyles that individuals or groups lead have a huge impact on there health either in a positive or negative factor. Negative factor would be smoking and drinking combined with a low social economic status increases possibilities if ill health and diseases known as the risk factor. On the other hand high intake of a healthy variety of veggies, fruit and meat as well as exercise is a positive influence as well as a protective factor (Australia’s Health, 2004).
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