Childhood Expectancy And Its Effects On Our Health

From this film, the key points that were mentioned about how socioeconomic backgrounds and race impact one’s health is something that is not as emphasized as it should be in the public eye. Especially how health and wealth are intertwined with each other is particularly frustrating since health should be a human right and people should receive the health they need regardless of their economic

The facts that were talked about in the film were questionable; they seemed highly exaggerated to the point where the validity of the facts were sceptical. For example, the documentary stated that if people changed to a plant based diet, patients of diabetes and cancer would not need their medications; rather, they would be cured by just the plant-based diet (Andersen & Kuhn, 2017). Furthermore, they tried to convince the audience that the plant-based diet was a perfect diet for everyone of all body types and health conditions, not just diabetes and cancer patients. However, this is not true, everyone has a different genetic build; therefore, each individual needs a specific diet designed particularly for them (NTNU, 2011). As well, they claimed that high carbohydrates and sugars aren’t the leading cause for diabetes (Andersen, et al., 2017), however there are various studies stating otherwise. The study conducted by Richard Feinman argued that carbohydrate causes increased in blood sugar, which can potentially

There are many different factors that can increase your chance of becoming ill and dying. The different factors are social class, gender, age and ethnicity. The different social groups I will look at are social class and gender. I am going to look into how these affect health; I will also explain the pattern and trends. I am using gender because it fits in with the sociological perspective feminism and social class fits in with Marxism.

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick, clearly explored the relationship between socioeconomic status and health, it was said that college graduates live 2.5 years longer than high school graduates” (California Newsreel, 2008). This documentary illustrated how one’s level of education not only impacts their quality of life, but also impacts the duration of one’s life.

healthcare system (Elchoufani, 2018). Attaining a good health is the ultimate goal for all people and the overall population, so it is important that people study the interactions between race, gender, and socioeconomic status in this matter (ASPPH, n.d.). People in communities with lower socioeconomic status typically encounter fewer options for healthy food and a lack of health education as well as health care. All in all, studying minority health allows us to find methods in making health care more accessible for under-resourced populations, along with determining methods out services and resources can be dispersed to the populations which are more prone to certain illnesses (ASPPH, n.d.). The studying which results in better methods all benefit towards guiding the U.S. population to overall health

There are considerable health inequalities amongst Britain’s social classes. Health is formed by socio-economic, political and environmental factors; these elements shape inequalities and influence the health of various social groups in Britain.

Why do some of us tend to get sicker more often or die sooner, and what factors causes us to even become sick in the first place? “This series called “Unnatural Causes is a timely, informative and passionately made documentary. It convincingly connects all the dots between health, race, class, economics and social policy and comes to the conclusion that capitalism is making us sick. This is a documentary that will provoke anger, discussion, and debate. That is a good thing, because there are over 47 million uninsured in America and the crisis in health care is at the top of the domestic agenda. On average, people at the top live longer, healthier lives. Those at the bottom are more disempowered, get sicker more often and a lot of times, die sooner. We also see how racial inequality imposes an additional risk burden on people of color which takes place in Louisville, Kentucky”. (Unnatural Causes, 2008)

In the segment of Unnatural Causes, “In Sickness and in Wealth”, the documentary highlights the health disparity created by different socioeconomic statuses. There are several factors that lead to these health differences, including but not limited to policies or lack of policies, and racism. Unnatural Causes draws on several family stories to exemplify the wealth health gradient. Within the family anecdotes, I was most intrigued by the idea of health access. This concept is highlighted throughout the different life cases in the segment. However, it is not just limited to these individuals, communities, and time period. Although health access is considered a universal right, access is not equal among individuals in the US. Access to health is determined by an individuals’ wealth. This is exemplified by the poor health outcomes of those in low-income communities; whereas, individuals in higher income communities have better health outcomes.

Although many films aim to persuade an audience, many aren’t able to achieve it. The documentaries persuade people to live and maintain healthier life-styles by proposing counter-rhetoric to the fast-food and food production that is demonstrated in the American food industry. Food Inc. is a very convincing documentary; even more so than Supersize Me. It goes more into depth on the situation of food and it shows all sides to the issue. The film exposes footage of dying cattle barely being able to walk, and the fact of barely having room to walk.

African American have high poverty levels because they don't have a job and many don't finish school because they have to take care of their family or they didn't have the money to finish an education and get a degree. Many African American have a harder time finding a job because sometimes racial profiling can exist when looking for a job. The mortality rate is higher because African American have more heart attacks, cancer, and diabetes. Hispanic and whites have lower morbidity and mortality rate than the average African American. African American life span is below the normal of what a white person normally lives, a factor that it can contribute to high mortality rates is when African Americans were slaves, and it just kept on rising with

My topic is income inequality and health because access to adequate income have a significant effect on people’s health and well-being. I chose this topic because I personally know how income inequality makes poor sick in the first place and how difficult it is to get better once the poor people get sick. My grandfather had diabetes he had passed away at relatively younger age. He was only 64 when he died. At the time I was only thinking that his diabetes is genetic. Now, I know that his life condition is also a factor on his diabetes. I also know that he would live much longer if he had a better income which would provide him access to better housing, healthy food, and better living conditions. I also chose Income inequality and health as my topic after I watched the documentary “Unnatural Causes in Sickness and in Wealth” for the class. In the documentary, the example of an identical twins was given. The identical twin sisters have the same genes, they grew up together until the age of

The film entitled Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and in Wealth, provided significant information on the status of health within the United States. This film mainly focuses on the health disparities in America, which is defined as “Systematic, plausibly avoidable health differences adversely affecting socially disadvantaged groups (by race/ethnicity, gender, income, (dis)ability, sexuality, age and other categories associated with marginalization)” (Jette, 2016) Though I previously held a good understanding regarding the causes of the various health disparities within America, this film proved to further supports my previous ideas concerning the root causes of the health disparity epidemic. From my prior knowledge and interest in the field of

The video walks through the lives of different social classes to have a better understanding of how people in each class live. A CEO, a lab supervisor, a janitor, and an unemployed mother are all monitored for a period of time to show the audience how each person in their own social live and what struggles each member from each social class goes through. People who are in the lower class level tend to worry more about not being to pay the bills; moreover, will the family have food to eat tonight? These thoughts and questions are what a typical person will go through almost every other day because and it all depends on what is the person’s social class. According to the video Unnatural Causes episode 1 Louisville Metro Public Health Department data maps reveal 5- and 10-year gaps in life expectancy between the city’s rich, middle and working-class neighborhoods (Unnatural Causes). This is huge difference between classes.

To begin, the film, Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and In Wealth, explores the relationship between levels of income and race with health and longevity as a result of studies conducted in distinctive counties throughout Louisville, Kentucky. The subjects of the study are within the differing stratum of classes - the working, middle, and upper classes. The film provides compelling data from within each class and correlates the effects of external stressors, environment, living situations and education levels to

Collectively, the United States is a society in which the notion of equal opportunities is believed by many. The idea that, through individual action, with use of equal opportunities granted, one can better themselves and move upward in the mobility latter of class and economic stability. It is this notion, however, which is an illusion presented by government officials, that is handicapping people of society, resulting in self-blame when things are going wrong or unexpected. Additionally, it is this illusion that is bringing about inequalities of socioeconomic statuses, when really, opportunities are not equated as equal today and the system in which is bringing about such disparities between classes is not challenged by those being affected and put at a disadvantage the most. Through secondary data of scholarly articles and a documentary, this paper aims to identify the problems that socioeconomic statuses plays on health, the stakeholders who are present and how they are affected by this problem, and then conclude by offering some recommendations that propose change to be made to better the system in which the United States is currently in regarding socioeconomic statuses and the negative effects it has health.