The Pros And Cons Of Social Determinants Of Health

The casual cascade of the social determinants of health are based on the social disadvantages based on which they where born into. As the author explains, “It is being a member of this disadvantaged “class” that makes one substantially more likely to experience the send of isolation, powerlessness, alienation, and foreshortened time preference that leads directly to lower levels of education, with resultant lower occupational status and lower income.” (77) They are 5 steps of the causal cascade of the social determinants of health.
The first social determinant is social structure of the society into which one is born into. This is based of into what your parent’s social economic status, the race you are, society views at the time. This the individual has not control over. Which leads to one’s position in the social hierarchy. Where an individual stand in the
This individual would be considered to be at the bottom of the social hierocracy. This individual probably lives in a community with high crime rates attends schools with high drop out rates as well. This individual’s family probably doesn’t have the recourses for a college education. More than likely the individual will drop out of school to be able to help his mom afford the bills. He will find a blue-collar job, having to deal with heavy labor. This is probably the only job the individual can get since he dropped out of school and didn’t get and education. Which can lead to the individual being uneducated, still poor, and unhappy. He is at a higher risk of possibly committing a crime to try to survive. The individual will probably eventually get hurt at work, or sick and not seek the medical attention needed since he will not be able to afford the medical attention needed. Or if sent to the emergency room, he will probably be bankrupt due to not being able to afford the medical