Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Using the resources as evidence to back up your ideas, address the following:
How does social class correlate with health outcomes? In other words, explain how access to healthcare, free time to engage in exercise, and exposure to chronic stressors (in addition to the time and resources available to manage them), vary by social class--- and in turn, how that impacts one’s health.
What is a food desert? Why does it occur? How does the phenomenon of food deserts negatively impact the health of certain groups of people?
Consider the social identities of race and sexuality. In each of those identities, there are certain groups that tend to experience discrimination and inequalities. Based on the resources you reviewed, explain how the actual experience of discrimination and inequality can negatively impact one’s physical (not just emotional) health? In other words, what is the connection between the experience of inequality and discrimination and negative health outcomes?
There are many additional resources listed under Recommended Resources that can also help you address these questions.
Reference: World Factbook. (2014). Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency.
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Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
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Question 1
Social class has a direct impact on the state of health of a society. Individuals in higher social classes tend to have fewer stressors regarding their health and food. Access to healthcare for this lot is not only easy but affordable. On the other hand, those in lower social classes tend to have less to spend on healthier diets or even have access to better healthcare. Mathews (2015) notes that there is an established link connecting poor health and poverty because the poor do not have the luxury of visiting the best hospitals or watching what they eat. For the poor, health stressors are tied to their unbearable financial obligations, and these continually impact their health.
Question 2
Food Desert is a place that fresh food is non-existent or too expensive for the residents. This situation happens when there are few food stores compared to the population of a place. The phenomenon of food deserts forces the affected community to find food alternatives which are c...
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