Question

Research and literary review of analysis regarding relationship between Education, health outcomes, and consumption of health care services.

Answer 1

It is now generally accepted that health outcomes are deeply affected outside of health care by a variety of social factors. The significant disparities in morbidity, mortality, and risk factors reported by researchers in and between countries are patterned by the classic social determinants of health, such as schooling and employment, as well as the physical and social climate in which people live— and the macrostructural policies that form them.

Adults with higher education levels are less likely to indulge in unhealthy activities such as smoking and alcohol, and are more likely to have food-and exercise-related healthy habits. Education's effect on health habits is possibly due to the effects on skills as well as socioeconomic status of the student. Training provides opportunities to learn more about wellness and health hazards, both in the context of school curriculum health education and by offering individuals the health awareness to draw from, later in life, and to receive information about appropriate lifestyle decisions for disease prevention or management.

Within today's care climate, achieving good health outcomes requires a number of variables to come together that could be influenced by educational achievement and a mix of soft and hard skills. Patients value the ability to consider their health needs, obey or read directions, advocate for themselves and their families, and actively interact with health care providers. A longitudinal analysis of health literacy and health results showed that people with weak health literacy skills have lower health-related awareness and understanding, ability to explain safe substance usage, and ability to interpret prescription labels and health messages.