Health literacy as a social determinant of health in Australia

Health literacy is a significant social determinant
of health in Australia
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Introduction
The report is based on the facts in which it is been explained that why the scientific medicine
has the got the importance. This report has also got the deep understanding of the traditional
values of the treatments. The condition in rural areas and source of treatment there are also
explained in the report very well. The study also explains that what sort of difference are
being faced by the people who all are working in the medical field when it comes to making
an understanding and importance of scientific medicine in areas where the social treatment or
traditional business are more into practice. The report is also talking about the condition in
which the traditional values and the biomedical treatment's value are covered which explains
how important it is to make a change in the healthcare. There are many facts and challenges
in the society on which it is important to work in order to implement health care in the
company. Such values are explained in detail in the report. This is also explained in the report
that which sectors are suffering in order to gain the right source of the treatment and what are
their challenges.
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Health literacy is a significant social determinant of health in Australia
Scientific medicine works on the basis of the observation based on the scientific logic. This is
very important to be implemented in the society effectively as the understanding of the
society is based on the value which takes this as an important part to promote the social
health and sociological relevancy. According to Peralta, and Rowling, (2017), the health
precautions are important to be given to the society equally, this because the society is
designed in the different categories. Such categories are based on the class, gender, work, and
health. In such situation, this is very important to make sure that everyone treated well. This
can take the society to the best option available towards providing the best treatments.
According to the reported health, direct 60% of the people are not aware of their health issue
and not indulged into health literacy. This is the significant challenge faced by the health
service in Australia.
According to Slewa-Younan, et. al., (2014), the ideology of the treatment is typically based
on the biomedical approach. This says that if someone is ill the idea of the causing the
problem comes from within the body. The body of the ill person explains that what can be the
problem. At the same time, the social health models do not seem to agree with such practice
totally. This is because the social health model believes that is someone is ill this is very
important to understand the relation between the patients and the physical, historical and the
social context of the patient. If the matter is about treating the people medically in western
countries the medical approach is based on the scientific values and that is the reason this is
not affected by the social and cultural practice. According to Davey, J, et. al., (2015), There
are some anthropologists and the sociologists who all explained the dominance of the
assumptions based on the social and cultural values and how they affect the biomedical
tradition. The debate on the traditional and the biomedical treatment has taken place but still,
the value of the biomedical is high. The reason can be many but the main reason can be fast
results of them as the solution of the problem.
But beyond all the value and the competence of the cultural treatments is now common in
medical literature. According to Kairuz (2015), Doctors are now into the discussion of health
professional understanding with use of the cultural practice and the social values. Things are
discussed whether such treatments are quality treatments or not.The other use of the cultural
treatments gives the understanding of the treatment practice not based on the biomedical
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