Poverty and inequality implications for health and social care

Poverty and inequality have implications for health
and social care

Social inclusion refers to the process that lead to the challenges faced by societies
such as poverty, gender inequality and other social issues. Health and wellness has become
the major issues for some groups of society. Various types of inequality can be seen in the
societies that include in terms of health and safety access, income, lifestyle and consumption
of food. People are also divided by gender in the society and treated in different ways (Bacher
and et.al., 2018). Social economic factors such as poverty, social class, age, gender are
leading to the social exclusion. People has made classes on the basis of income and living
standards that affect the consumption of their services such as education and health care.
Women have been considered weak by the society and the right of equality in the field of
health and safety has also been discriminated (Duke and Searby, 2019). The same has been
done with the poor people in the society or homeless people as they do not get proper
education to rise themselves in the society and health services are also rarely available to
them.
The aim of this essay is to discuss the consideration of health experiences in different
groups of societies that include gender inequality and homeless people in the society. Impact
of socio-economic factor will also be discussed on the group and the way they have been
treated in terms of health access. The groups are divided on various basis that shows their
level in the society. Respect and treatment are also given according to the living standard of a
person by the society. People are judged by their appearance and it has become the new
normal for the people in the societies. This essay will also shed light on theories related to
these groups and the ways to overcome the impact of socio-economic factors. The
empowerment of these groups will be suggested in order to bring harmony in the society.
Gender inequality has been a major issue in the society for a long time and still
women are discriminated from men in various ways by the society. Women are different from
the other group of society as they have different physical appearances and their do not have
great physical strength as compared to men. It created a line of discrimination on the basis of
gender. In some part of society women are still treated as they are not a part of society. They
do have access in the various field such as the ratio of women in industry sector is that
women represent 39% of the global workforce but accounted for 54% of job losses as of May
2020 (Froehlicher, M., 2021). This inequality also affect their health and illness. Health issues
are faced by women and thee are low facilities specialised for women in the health sectors. In
many areas women are excluded from the education area or from participation in the public
life, it affect their knowledge about health problems and the ways of treating them. It lack of
knowledge lead to various issues on the health and illness in women. In several countries

women still do not get proper facilities and care during pregnancy (Leistritz and Murdock,
2019). However, theories are making people aware and decreasing the gap between women
and other group of societies such as the concept of feminism that rise the demand of equality
of women in the society and it is affecting the society as women are stepping out the
stereotype of inequality and making themselves to participate in public life.
Discrimination on the basis of income has also been a major issue in the society. Poor
people and homeless are very different from other group of society as they have low level of
income. They cannot afford house to live that basic needs such as food and shelter are hardly
managed by these people. In the field of heal and care they do not have any knowledge and
money to get health ad illness services. People of this class, few of whom have finished high
school and majority of them remains uneducated and they have to suffer from lack of medical
care, adequate housing and food, decent clothing, safety, and vocational training. They do not
what is good for health and what is not.
Many homeless people becomes drug addict in order to feel better in their homeless
life and it lead to the major issue of health and illness in these group of society. In the
struggle to find food they remains unaware from the other necessary requirement such as
home and medical care. Homeless people do not get medical treatment and they have to
suffer from health issues without treatment. Majority of homeless people were dead during
the pandemic because they cannot afford the necessary requirement of mask and other
essential medical service to fight Covid-19. Even the death record is not record the actual
number of homeless people as they were not the part of society. Research found that 78% of
homeless people report having physical health condition (Health and Wellbeing, 2021).
In some countries homeless people are seen as untouchable people. Periods that is the
natural bio process in women is still seen as dirt in areas of society. However, efforts are
being taken to protect these groups of society such as efforts are taken by the government to
reduce the number of homeless people. Medical services are provided cost free in the country
of United Kingdom. Various steps are also taken for the edition of these groups. Women are
also being encouraged by the activist and government in order to get them the opportunity to
rise and create equality in the society. These groups of society have to face different
experience as they are treated differently in the society.
Socio-economic factors refers to the economic factors related to the society. It
includes level of education, income, health and lifestyle and quality of living standard. These
factors majorly affect the health of women and homeless people. These factors also shape the
health experience of women. Income and education continue to shape women's health