Question

Briefly explain the association between poor health and socioeconomic status (SES).

Answer 1

Health is a state of complete physical, mental,social and spiritual well being an absence of disease.

* Poor health :

• The poor cannot afford to purchase those things that are needed for good health, including sufficient quantities of quality food and health care.

• The causes of poor health for all over are based on in political, social and economic injustices.Poverty is both a cause and effect of poor health.

• Infectious and neglected sticky diseases kill and weaken millions of the poorest and most weak people each year.

• Poverty is a major cause of ill health and a barrier to accessing health care when needed.

* Socioeconomic status :-

• Socioeconomic status (SES) underlies three major determinants of health: health care, environmental exposure, and health behavior.

• Socioeconomic status, whether assessed by income, education, or occupation, is linked to a wide range of health problems, including low birthweight, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and cancer.

• Reducing SES disparities in health will require policy initiatives addressing the components of socioeconomic status (income, education, and occupation) as well as the pathways by which these affect health.