HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Independent Community And Health Concern
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Literature suggest multiple causes of health disparities in the us including: economics, educational factors, behavioral factors. Health practices: cultural factors, legal factors, political factors. A groups living circumstances may be referred to as its socioeconomic status (ses) Public health research has long studied ses factors and their relationship to health: better health is associated with: Living in superior neighborhoods: elevated levels of morbidity, disability, and mortality are associated with: Poor housing: ses factors play a significant role in the association of race and ethnicity with the health and life expectancy. Relationship between ses and health occurs at every socioeconomic level and for a broad range of ses indicators. For example: more family income increases above the poverty threshold, the more health improves, the greater the gap in income, the greater the gap in health. Percentage of individuals reporting good to excellent health increased based with higher income levels.
