Sociology
Social factors are more important than biological factors in determining one’s health conditions. “Do you agree with the statement and why? Explain and illustrate your answer with relevant examples.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Health and disease
3. Different models of health considering health
a. Bio-medical model
b. Social model
c. Example of two models of health
4. Discuss how social factor impacts on one health condition
a. Gender
a.i. Gender role
i.i.1. Masculinity
i.i.2. Femininity
i.ii. Division labour in gender
b. Marxist Perspective in social class
i. Poverty
i.1.1. Absolute poverty
i.1.2. Relative poverty
c. Structural explanation between social inequality and health
5. Conclusion
1. Introduction
Health is important to us. We cannot focus or pay attention on one thing at a long period if we are sick. Most of the people just focus on biological factors. However, people tend to ignore other factors, like social factors. Social factors are more important than biological factors in determining one’s health conditions.
2 Health and disease
First of all, health is often defined as “absence of disease” in the Western world. However, there are many conditions that are not diseases. A person may have a condition that affects the person's health. For example, there are also disabilities that are technically not diseases but the disability affects the person's health and well-being.
Therefore, there are some organizations achieved to define health. The World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that Health is “not merely the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (WHO, 1948, P.1) Dorland's medical Dictionary also defines health as "a state of optimal physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease."
Dorland and WHO and the ancient societies such as Chinese subscribe to a comprehensive view of health with
Content
1. Introduction
2. Health and disease
3. Different models of health considering health
a. Bio-medical model
b. Social model
c. Example of two models of health
4. Discuss how social factor impacts on one health condition
a. Gender
a.i. Gender role
i.i.1. Masculinity
i.i.2. Femininity
i.ii. Division labour in gender
b. Marxist Perspective in social class
i. Poverty
i.1.1. Absolute poverty
i.1.2. Relative poverty
c. Structural explanation between social inequality and health
5. Conclusion
1. Introduction
Health is important to us. We cannot focus or pay attention on one thing at a long period if we are sick. Most of the people just focus on biological factors. However, people tend to ignore other factors, like social factors. Social factors are more important than biological factors in determining one’s health conditions.
2 Health and disease
First of all, health is often defined as “absence of disease” in the Western world. However, there are many conditions that are not diseases. A person may have a condition that affects the person's health. For example, there are also disabilities that are technically not diseases but the disability affects the person's health and well-being.
Therefore, there are some organizations achieved to define health. The World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that Health is “not merely the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (WHO, 1948, P.1) Dorland's medical Dictionary also defines health as "a state of optimal physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease."
Dorland and WHO and the ancient societies such as Chinese subscribe to a comprehensive view of health with