Social Determinants Of Health Essay

Introduction to Social Determinants of Health Sociocultural perspective of health tells us stories of social contexts worldwide. From the developed countries to the developing countries, one can see that health status for this country can be very different from the other. The poor with low or no income often has more health problems than the rich with better income (Kawachi, Adler et al, 2010). Comparing a developed country versus a developing country, the developing countries are seeing more health problems. Through globalization, awareness was formed. Many were concerned over the increasing health inequities, “the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries” (WHO, 2011). Comparing between countries,
Foreign workers take up to more than 85 per cent of the construction workforce in Singapore (Debrah and Ofori, 2001). Singapore is an island surrounded by sea. The only “natural” resource is its own people. The population of Singapore has increased to 5 million and almost half of them are non-residents (Singapore statistics, 2012). In order to create more revenues for the economic growth, the government needed to build more houses thus increasing the need for more foreign construction workers. This too created problems for Singaporean. Many of the local felt that Singapore does not belong to the locals anymore. It is invaded by foreign workers. An extract from Tomorrow, Bulletin of Singapore Bloggers (http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2007/12/23/too_many_foreign_workers_in_sing.html) in 2007, Mr Biao wrote “Too many foreign workers in Singapore!” The buses are filled with them. They are gathering around open space eating and drinking. Leaving without clearing debris. They are affecting the lives of Singaporeans causing social problems to the