Culture Specific Definitions of Health and Wellness



Culture Specific Definitions of Health and Wellness

Introduction

Health and wellness have different views and perspectives in different cultures and different economic, social and psychological contexts. There are different effects of different sociological and psychological factors on the health of a human being. There also are certain factors like social class and gender that also affect the illnesses that human beings have, as well as, the frequency of these illnesses. There has not been found a single definition that one can find on the social determinants of health (Stout, Kipling & Stout, 2001). There are however, ...