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Introduction: The film, Fenceline: A Company Town Divided by filmmakers, Slawomir Grünberg and Jane Greenberg was produced in the late 2002 (American Documentary, 2002). This film takes places in the early 2000s, in Norco, Louisiana, where racism, social status, economic depression, and pollution was prevalent (American Documentary, 2002). The Norco community is 98% a white population, the other 2% are African-American descent who live in the Diamond community (Grunberg, 2002).
The Health of a Canadian As Daniel Rosenfeld states; “Mister average Canadian was a lean, mean, hockey playing machine and was pretty fit and healthy.” But as the years have gone by “Mister average Canadian” has transformed into an overweight, smoking, diabetic with a nuance of health issues. As Rosenfeld writes a humorous piece on Canadian health issues that captivates a reader; his argument is ineffective in persuading an audience of his article. For Instance, Rosenfeld enhances his writing through humorous notions but he falls short in effectively persuading his audience with weak arguments and invalid information. To begin, Daniel adopts humorous notions to captivate his readers.
It will be argued that Canada should focus on improving the social determinants of health. This would mean that health care spending should be maintained or reduced and more spending should be focused on social services. Social services impact the social determinants of health and can produce significant improvements in health outcomes. It would allow for less to be spent on health care and produce better health
One of the most important social issues that this project would like to address is health care in Canada. Health infrastructure is a national priority, where the seventy-seven percent of Canadians say "that while governments mostly talk about the need to invest in roads and bridges, investing in aging hospitals is a higher priority." According to various sources and studies, Canadians believe that tremendous changes and reforms are required. Ninety-one percent of Canadians believe that the health care system could improve the quality of care through greater efficiency, and sixty-four percent says that the Canadian system is falling behind its international counterparts. Unless government act to address these problems, the studies suggest
Social realism in health and social care refers to an approach that recognizes and addresses the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence individuals' health and well-being. It emphasizes the need to understand and tackle the broader social determinants of health rather than focusing solely on individual-level factors or medical interventions. Social realism aims to promote social justice, reduce health inequalities, and create conditions for better health outcomes. Key features of social realism in health and social care: Social Determinants of Health: Social realism acknowledges that health and well-being are shaped by various social factors, including socioeconomic status, education, employment, housing, access to healthcare,
Health The topic of health and its impacts on poor health have been an issue in many reservations. A key factor in living a happy, stress free life is the state of health that one is experiencing. Being healthy goes beyond staying “fit”. It helps lower the risk of certain conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
Spatial perspective gives geographers the ability to not only see what is going on currently but what factors led to the current situation, and being able to predict what might happen. By using a spatial perspective, it defines what is happening or has happened by your perspective on the matter, rather than the subject matter
keleher& C MacDougall).According to social ecological point of view high light that health elevation and community improvement in vital role of health determinant is played for decrease social imbalances and prejudice with community commitment and connecting empowerment of individual and communities (H. keleher& C MacDougall). Both comprehensive and selective primary healthcare performance underlying social, economic and political source of poor health and considering health status to helping that treatments and management of disease and prevention by selective primary health care goal. Health literacy, health education, cognitive behavioural said that empowerment reflect broad view of people own health. Australian medical research develops good but in clinical practice slowly outcomes and current health system has much strength but far short of ideal. (S Duckett & S. Willcox).
Health care is very important to people’s life, it ensure that the citizen of the country can live more healthy, and get good treatment when they need it. In this essay I will discuss functions of health care system, how to define if a health care system is successful, and whether Canadian health care system is successful. A health care system is the organization of people, institutions and resources that deliver health care service to meet the health needs of the target populations. There are a number of desirable qualities in any health care system these include cost containment, efficiency,equity,universality,comprehensiveness and responsiveness.
These factors are known as the Social Determinants of health. “The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health system” (WHO). Dalgren & Whitehead (1991) image of the social determinants of health aims to show the relationship between the person, their environment and their health. The modifiable factors, people’s age, gender and race lie in the centre surrounded by non modifiable factors like profession, housing, education and public policy. There is a direct relationship between people’s environment and their health, e.g. people who live in damp housing have a higher incidence of respiratory health problems (Farell et al.
In short, the biological model of health is mainly defined from the absence of disease, from the model that is well-matched with positive meanings in relation to balance of normal functioning. The social model health is actually a positive state of well-being and wholeness linked with however this is not mainly explained from the non-existence of disease, physical, mental impairment and illness (Gross, 2010). Overall the concepts of ill health and health are not balanced. Non-existences of disease might be part of health, however health is considered more than the “absence of disease”.
The health status of a community plays a huge role in social and economic prosperity. Therefore, it is important that a community focuses to improve and to maintain its health. Successful health programs bring positive impact on a community so community health assessment is the first step to understand the community. By using the finding of the assessment, community’s current capacities/strengths and resources are identified to meet the community needs. Community health is not only providing medical treatments or healthy lifestyle choices rather also address social determinants of health that generate positive forces in the life of a community.
I strongly value my health and believe that health is our greatest form of wealth. When one lives a healthy lifestyle, it means more opportunities to explore the world, build families, achieving anything the heart desires and conquering personal goals. The behavior change philosophy fits my personal philosophy of health education the most because it involves goal setting, behavioral contracts and self-monitoring to help foster the modification of an unhealthy habit. The behavior change philosophy is very important because change is a process, not an event. Self-efficacy and motivation are key factors in successful behavior changes.
And the third category is known as Collective Rights or the Third Generation Rights. In the Covenant on Civil and political Rights (First Generation Rights) there are several rights mentioned but apart from the Right to life as mentioned in the Article 6 no other rights include the right to safe environment either directly or indirectly. The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights however provides several rights that are related to minimum necessities of human life which includes right to work, right to the enjoyment of just and favourable conditions of work, particularly, a decent living for himself and their families, right to safe and healthy working conditions, right to everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself,
When exploring what is health, it looks at the idea of an individual being free from illness or injuries (World Health Organization 1948). WHO further explains that it is the state of complete: physical, mental, and social well-being and not the absence of disease or infirmity (health context, 2018) In 1986 during Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, WHO said health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living, also is a positive concept emphasizing social, personal resources, and physical capacities. There are different aspects that contribute and impact a person’s health such as their: family and friends, education or job, body, spirit and mind, and all these need to balance to ensure good health (health context, 2018).
