Social Determinants Of Health Inequality

• 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

health outcomes. These health outcomes allow legislation to pass or veto specific recommendations for the future.
• Improve daily living conditions
• Tackle inequitable distribution of power, money, and re• Measure and understand the problem and accessing the impact of the action
One of the most famous studies that we have learned about in every public health course has been the Tuskegee study.

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

ups.
Police Brutality is a very serious concern that has mutated tenfold in the last year. One specific example is a state trooper from South Carolina pulled over an African American man for a seat belt violation. The state trooper ordered the man out of the vehicle and asked for his driver license. The civilian left it in the car and turned around to get the information the officer requested. The state trooper shot the man multiple times in “self defense” saying he was afraid the civilian was reaching for a gun. In the video, you could hear the civilian crying and asking the officer why he shot him? This was unethical at many levels and another strategy could have prevented this situation from escalating to the level it did.
Many people in today’s society tend to consider any Muslim a terrorist in conjunction with 9/11.

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

community.
Another great example of internalized racism would be Jewish women. Many people have associated Jewish people as having “huge noses”. This tends to make many women self-conscious and would rather not be associated in terms of being Jewish because of their physical features. Many undergo a rhinoplasty in the hopes of having a smaller nose to fit in with the community better. The same also goes for Jewish men who wear a Kippah. Wearing a Kippah is not mandatory, but some traditional Jewish men believe in wearing at all times. However, some Jewish men refuse to wear it in order to be separated or labeled as a “Jew”.