2.6.2 Socioeconomic Status

This journal serves as a quintessential and pertinent model for our project. There are a myriad of variables in why minorities continue to face health disparities. This journal analytically provides the backdrop in how cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates corresponds to one's race and socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status is one of the greatest implications leading to the production of cancer, if not remedy. Socioecomonic status is an umbrella term used in this article which includes poverty, inadequate education, lack of health insurance, tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and obesity.

Furthermore, research on aging and eldercare also show a propensity that socioeconomic status should be taken into consideration, according to Bookman and Kimbrel (2011). The authors contend that African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American communities, and other groups also bring their cultural strengths and demands to the caregiving experience (Bookman & Kimbrel,

1.) How does social class, inequality, and unequal access to resources relate to your social issue?

One artifact that our author identifies in this chapter is socioeconomic status (SES). As it states in the chapter, those with higher economic status are better able to obtain health/medical resources. I think this is a huge example of differences in health between those who are less educated and/or those with less income and those who have more education and/or have higher income. A second artifact provided by the author is physician bias. I think that this is something that probably happens more often than we think and is under our awareness. Most people would have no clue that physicians are taught that this gender gets this disease and the other does not, and so on and so forth. I think that many physicians are taught to be biased when it comes to certain diseases, such as heart disease and breast cancer. Even if it is less common in one gender, it should still be tested for in similar ways, but it is not.

Air pollution also contains contaminants that the impoverished individuals have more exposure to versus wealthy populations. The main factor of the increase of exposure for this population is their environments. Many low-income individuals find work in factories, mines, and as laborers. Factory carcinogens and emissions exposure can be linked to low socioeconomic communities. Workplace environments are not always safe, and individuals are exposed to

Socioeconomic status (SES) related inequalities exist in type 2 diabetes mellitus. This report firstly describes type 2 diabetes and its relationship with SES. Secondly, it discusses SES and diabetes measure. Thirdly, it applies material and structural resources, cultural and behavioural, social selection and historical context explanation to understand causes of SES-related inequality in type 2 diabetes , explaining their interactions in creating and maintaining the inequality. Finally, it justifies that this inequality is also an inequity.

In the chapter, we explore concepts that determine social class and health inequalities. The authors, Julie MuMullin, and Lorraine Davies discusses the link between social class and inequality and an individual's well-being and health. Studies have shown that people who have higher income, higher education, and better jobs are expected to live longer and do not contract sicknesses. On the other hand, individuals that with lower income, lower education, and bad jobs are expected to have shorter lives. This particular concept is consistent to what we see in Canada, a nation that provides universal health care system for all individuals. Prior to this course I was aware of the concept of “the poor are getting poorer, and the rich are getting

Article Review: Socioeconomic Status and Substance Use Among Young Adults: A Comparison Across Constructs and Drug

Socioeconomic status serves as one of the major predictors of individual health outcomes and illnesses. Socioeconomic status is often correlated with living conditions and access to resources, which then is used to predict individual’s health outcomes in relationship to social class. As Link and Phelan argue, many variables, such as race, class, and gender, represent general trend of illnesses among the population. However, socioeconomic status is the best predictor out of all because it is a required necessity for access to resources, good health insurances, and good clinics (Cockerham 2014). Since access to good quality health insurance is highly correlated with better health outcomes, I will discuss the hardships and difficulties California

The article that I chose investigated whether socioeconomic status predicts mortality in people infected with HIV, whether it is because of poverty, homelessness, lack of education, etc. It was extremely interesting to read and I thought the study was conducted extremely well and with a social conscious.

People are separated by class and socio-economic status. This is not necessarily a choice, for some born are into money as it is passed down from generation to generation. For others, through their hard work and some through their educations, realize this status. Others are not so prosperous. The not so fortunate live inadequately paycheck to paycheck. Then there are those who just barely survive with the assistance of programs, friends, or family.

With regards to the health effects of PM2.5, epidemiological and clinical studies suggest a strong association between human exposure to PM2.5 and the risk of cardiovascular disease development. These studies have shown that exposure to PM2.5 from ambient air pollution and/or tobacco smoking is linked to a number of cardiovascular conditions including hypertension126, coronary artery disease127, myocardial infarction128, 129, atherosclerosis126, and arrhythmia130. To this end, short term exposure (< 24 hours) to PM2.5 is associated with 0.4% to 1% increase in the relative risk of daily cardiovascular mortality131, whereas long term exposure posed a higher relative risk131, 132 . Interestingly, the risk of atherosclerosis as measured by

Socioeconomic status is a measurement in a form of acquired education, income, and occupation. Mainly thought as your social position or class. SES is relevant to all aspects of behavior and social status. Socioeconomic status and race and ethnicity are connected in various ways. Discrimination sometimes create barriers for minorities who want to come out of poverty. So communities are often segregated by socioeconomic status. These communities suffer from low economic development, poor health conditions, and low education

Income also plays a huge role in one’s social status and the ability to achieve better health outcomes. Health disparities are brought on more by the inability to provide or maintine a healthy life style. Those who live in a low social economic class are force to gamble with their health by not being able to attend regular healthcare check-ups and pay for monthly perscriptions. Whereas in the high economic class they are more proactive and knowledgable and have the means to take better care of themselves.

Sloan, R. P., Huang, M. H., Sidney, S., Liu, K., Williams, O. D., & Seeman, T. (2005).