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Assignment on Determinants of Health

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The University of Texas

   

Added on  2020-04-29

Assignment on Determinants of Health

   

The University of Texas

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Running head: DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHDeterminants of healthName of the studentName of the universityAuthor note:
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1DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHTable of ContentsIndividual determinants of health:2Discussion of the contribution of determinants:4Social justice and Ottawa health chart:6Future implications:8References:9
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2DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHIndividual determinants of health:Many of the authors have indicated time and time again at the predominance of varioushealth determinants associated with the health care scenario. And the impact of thesedeterminants is profound on determining the health status of the vulnerable populations. In thisassignment, the vulnerable population chosen are the visually impaired and in order to exploreand evaluate the health determinants for this population, red lotus model of health is selected. Inthis structure, the stem and roots of the plant are considered to be the construct of values andprinciples within the health promotional system 1. Now, the first layer of petal structures of thehealth model is representative of all the kinds of environmental health determinants, where as thesecond petal layer of the model is representative of needs assessment for the vulnerablepopulation. The third, fourth and fifth petal layer represents planning, implementation andevaluation respectively. The leaves of the model are representative of sustainability practices, thestamens signify the biological and socio-economic status of the vulnerable population and lastlythe pod represents the people and their health status. Considering biological factors, there are three key determinants, age, sex and genetics.According to the recent statistics, visual impaired-ness associated disabilities have been observedto be intricately linked with aging. Close to 500,000 Australians over 40 have been identified tolive with some or the other kind of visual disability2. And despite of vision loss preventable therate of the vision loss as a direct result of aging processes in Australia continues to increase.Based on the recent data published, there are close to 50% of the adults aged 40 or higher have1 Steinman BA, Vasunilashorn S. Biological risk of older adults with visual impairments. The journal ofnutrition, health & aging. 2011 Apr 1;15(4):296-3022 Schölvinck AF, Pittens CA, Broerse JE. The Research Priorities of People with Visual Impairments in theNetherlands. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. 2017 May 1;111(3).
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3DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHbeen observed to develop AMD with growing age, 16% have been observed to lead to glaucoma,5% to diabetic retinopathy and 22% to other cataract problems, all with growing age.Considering the gender related influence, the rate of women suffering from visual impaired nessis 64% of the total number of visually disabled in the world and the statistics for this data is noexception for Australia. A contributing factor to this may be the fact that the men get twice asmuch accessibility to eye care services as women and it is heavily influenced by the socialstanding of the women in the rural and remote areas as well. Other, the genetic predisposition ofvisual loss is primarily for the aging population, whereas the children suffering from disabilitiescan also be influenced genetically. Both glaucoma and AMD have been identified as heavilygenetically influenced visual disorders and the probability of this genetic disorders occurring alsoincreases with growing age in the majority3. The next sector of determinants is the socio-economic influence of the visual disabilities;considering the income, the rate of vidual impaired- ness has been discovered to be higher thanthe high income background. In Australia, the socio-economic standing s crucially related withthe percentage of visual disabilities, and it is reflected in the rate of prevalence of blindness inthe aboriginal communities as compared to the non native individuals residing in Australia.According to the recent statistics, the native and economically background ethnic communitiesexperience 6 times more vision loss and 3 times more visual impairment as compared to the restof the populations4. A contributing factor to this might be the fact that low income is associatedcrucially with social status and accessibility to good lifestyle, healthy and hygienic livingconditions and social privileges, the lack of a stable financial background therefore, interlinked3 Tutuncu O, Lieberman L. Accessibility of hotels for people with visual impairments: from research to practice.Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (Online). 2016 May 1;110(3):163.4 Brooks GI, DiNitto DM, Schaller J, Choi NG. Correlates of substance dependence among people with visualimpairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (Online). 2014 Sep 1;108(5):428.
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