SOCIAL DETERMINANTS

Social Determinants Of Health In Greenwich Borough (London): Health And Well Being



Abstract

The multiple economic and social reforms which create an imbalance related to the health and well being in a particular area are called as the social determinants of health. The social structures and the economic systems which formulate this social and physical environment, health services, societal issues and the structural reforms are headed under these determinants. Social determinants of health are developed keeping in view the distribution of money, power and resources among the local communities, at the nation level and even the world over.

Introduction5

Discussion6

Social determinants of health in Greenwich Borough (London)6

Social Determinants: Health And Well Being8

Threats To Healthy Life And Well Being In Greenwich Borough (London)8

Flooding8

Fires8

Safety and Security Crime9

Dog Bites9

Obesity10

Pollution10

Environmental Challenges10

Measures Taken To Control Health And Well Being Issues11

Greenwich - Health Is Everybody's Business12

Conclusion15

References16

Social Determinants of Health in Greenwich Borough (London): Health and Well being

Introduction

With the passage of time advancements have been observed in the research of health seeking behavior. It plays an imperative role in comprehending the employment of the health care systems carried out by the people under different situations. The situations may be socio-cultural, financial or demographic. These behaviors in fact outline the social situation of health and also enable the disease process to be easily comprehended by people. To study the effects of the determinants; culture, mother's education, child's gender, the standard of living, or communal finances, is thus made a necessity. Moreover, these determinants of health exceed further then the health care and can be credited to the social and financial determinants. Many health systems are however, still unable to connect their populations health with these determinants. The lifestyle and personal activities of a person are the social determinants which are further formed by extensive range of forces that are mainly finances, communal rules and strategies, and political affairs. The relation between the environment and its effect on health is imperative to be understood by people, as being essential to the communal determinants which include both social and physical determinants. The booklet “The Solid Facts” made easy to understand cases for the different ways where the drawbacks of the material associates with the impacts of uncertainty, nervousness, dearth of communal incorporation in order to have an effect on the health of those people who are gradually at subordinate stages of socio-economic prestige (Marmot &Wilkinson, 1999, p. 87) .

The extreme importance of learning about social determinants of health seeking behaviors is for the advancement of health and to prevent diseases, also the development of medical care and health systems can be justified by the copious amount of literature that is accessible. There is growth of the universal awareness in the picking of the socioeconomic indicators that are required for health research.

Discussion

Social determinants of health in Greenwich Borough (London)

Investigations were carried out in London, in order to identify the social determinants of health and their effects. In the sample most of the people ...