Social Determinants Of Health Inequality

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• Health Equity: Everyone is capable of achieving their fullest health potential and there are no determinants that can stop an individual from achieving them. • Health Disparity: Inequalities that exist between specific groups that are underprivileged and do not receive the same benefits as other groups. It portrays a negative outlook for the disadvantaged. There are numerous factors that a health disparity is based off of in terms of race and ethnicity, such as, socioeconomic status, sex, age, etc. • Social Determinants of Health: These are factors that affect the people of a community and their existing health statuses. Typically there are five sublets in the social determinants of health that are used concurrently relating to specific …show more content…

Many of these African American men had low socioeconomic status and were compelled to participate in this study in exchange for health services and care at no cost them. All the while, penicillin was a form of treatment that could have cured the STI, Syphilis. Brown vs. Board of Education was another act of inequality. Many African Americans were barred from attending schools with Caucasians. Segregating the races limited the opportunities for receiving a well-rounded education and the ability to become successful especially for African Americans. The Brown vs. Board of education deemed the segregation to be unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Often times we see physician discrimination and lack of respect towards particular members within specific racial groups. Many patients feel that the doctor has belittled them at some level or provided an unfair treatment plan due to a patient’s race or language. Patient’s have also felt disrespected by a physician due to the inability to pay for services causing patients it ignore the health care advice that has been given or fail to return for future follow …show more content…

That implemented a bad taste for many Americans and they tend to degrade the Muslim community at all costs. Some women who have come to the country wearing their Hijab have felt the devaluation against their ethnicity. Therefore, many women have chosen to remove their Hijab in order to fit in with the community and not be stereotyped as a “Muslim” or “terrorist”. The same goes for Muslim men, in order to not be labeled, many men have chosen shave off their long beards to look less Muslim and to fit in with their

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