Question

How can education improve health in individuals? In communities?

3. Why is paying close attention to education, income, and other socioeconomic factors so important to epidemiologists?

There is a well-documented association between income and health, what do you believe are some of the main reasons for this?

Answer 1

Answer - Nursing

* How can education improve health in individual ? In communities ?

- Education can lead to more accurate health , beliefs and knowledge , and thus to better lifestyle choices , and also better skills and greater self advocacy . Education improves skills such as literacy , develop effective habits , and also improve cognitive activity.

- In community : Those have education have higher income , have more opportunity in their life and tens to be healthier . Societies benefits as well. Society with high rate of education completion have lower crime , better over all health and civic involvement . Lack of education is considered as root of povety where again health issues and crime are the point to get arise .

* Why is paying close attention to education , income and other socioeconomic factors so important to epidemiologist ?

- It is so important to give close attention because it is the measure of how income , education and occupation affect individual social status , it is assesed wether by income , education , or ocuupation it is linked with wide range of health problem including low birthweight , cardiovascular disease , hypertension , arthritis , diabetes and cancer . It is states that people with higher level of income and wealth are associated with better state health and have better access to healthy food , health care and housing .

* There is a well documented association between income and health . What do you believe are some of the reason for this .

- It is because income directly affect the lifestyle of the person and the status and stamdard of living where all the needfull facilities and proper healthy diet and healthy housing which are main factor for health to be maintained lifetime . People with higher income can live good lifestyle rather in poverty people suffer alot from many circumstances hard work and time management and low earning and management of lifestyle becomes comparatively hard which leads to many disease and poor healthy lifestyle with poor healthy food .