Module 4 2
Initial post discussion1
The overall perception of the concept health and wellness is built on the belief that healthcare
involves prevention diagnosis and treatment. The idea that health cannot be fully described as the
absence of illness. In my nursing career I have found this issue to be very debatable. In the
healthcare facilities, I have dealt with a patient with stage 4 cervical cancer. Most of them are
low income earners whose main approach in health has generally been the absence or presence
of an illness. Screening process for cervical cancer has a very positive impact on the prognosis
and altering the disease process of an illness. Those of the upper socio economic class in the
society have an advantage of using this procedure as they can afford them. Most of them are
diagnosed at an early stage offering a better chance for intervention and subsequent results
therewith. Most have an insurance policy that can fund the screening process hence providing a
better outcome.
In my practice, I have discovered that the healthcare seeking behavior has a correlation with the
social class (Friedman, Bowden & Jones, 2003). Those of the upper class have an advantage over
those of the middle and low classes. Education level is also a factor that influences health
seeking behavior those of the middle class. Those with knowledge in the middle class can save
some for healthcare prevention as opposed to those without knowledge of it. Prevention
measures in healthcare are mostly popular among the upper class in the society and families.
References
Friedman, M.M., Bowden, V.R., & Jones, E.G. (2003). Family nursing: Research, theory, and
practice (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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