Social Factor Model

1. What the author is trying to explain is that the underlying problem is social factors. Social factors include, race, gender, ethnicity and etc. They are things that one cannot control. The fundamental cause is a way for people to get the help they need in order to avoid getting sick or being in debt. As a whole the authors try to implicate the idea that fundamental causes are necessary because it’s what connects us to what we need but, because we have social factors that can either be a negative or positive thing for one, everyone as a whole cannot benefit from such resources.
2. Stressors are the way that our mind and body deals with the stress. Depending on if the stress is chronic or acute. As well as how everything around us affects our stress. The two main source of stress both come from social stress. The first main stressor is life events. Life events such as the loss of a job or loved one. The second main stressor is chronic strains. Chronic strains can be recognized as having a relationship with the cause of the stress and always going on and off with the stress. Stressors are related to social factors because we constantly worry about out situations. For example, our socioeconomic status. People worry about not being able to have health insurance or if the type of health insurance covers
The social gradient model is comparing how the health status of one relates to their socioeconomic status. The threshold model shows how in the beginning once the income is going up the health goes up as well. Once there reaches a certain income the health starts to stay the same. Seen on the threshold model there is a poverty line. When you see the comparison between the left and right side of the poverty line and look to their health there isn’t much difference. The social gradient model interprets to, better income better health. Than you have the threshold model that challenges their model because there is no difference in health as the income