Question

1Research social determinants of health. Select one that you can apply from your work experience. 2. Explain how this determinants affected the cultural challenges at your workplace.

Answer 1

Q)1)ans) Introduction: The Social determinants of health are absolutely show the impact on health outcome, every one has to agree that the social determinants shown variable differences between rich and poor socio economic population, because of it arise only by their birth, living environment and working area.

Factors influence the health in Mixed way ( ie: positive and negative)

1. Working Life conditions,

2. Unemployment and job security,

3. Food security,

4. Housing and environment,

5. Early childhood environment,

6. Social support and inclusion,

7. Access to affordable health services of decent quality.

Unemployment and Job Security:

   Unemployment is one of the danger social determinant which shows the worst impact on health, due to unemployment people will delay to take medical advice or treatment, during the course of time the disease will progress, ultimately conditions may be irreversible, due to unemployment he or she may resides slum areas where the infections may prevalent, hence unemployment and job security is one of the non medical factor for poor health outcomes.

2)Q)A) Cultural challenges : The social determinants defiantly show following cultural challenges,

Low economic Living conditions: If the living are is not hygienic the infections may prevalent, the people more often fallen sick,

Ethinic group: If we compare African people have more infant mortality rate compare with other European region, foeticidal also more ,