Social Determinants and Demographics | Case Study

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Socio-Demographic
From the case study it is clear that the socio-demography of the region is disrupted
due to a number of reasons. One of the first thing that is noticed is poor literacy rate among
adults as well as children. This is because the people in the case study are poor and do not
have enough means to fulfil their basic needs of proper food, clothing and shelter. Mortality
rate of people in region too is quite low as they work in poor mining conditions that affect
their health in a severe manner (Su et al 2017). Even the pattern of marriage is disrupted.
Children are getting married at a very young age. For instance, Carla got married in her late
teens and also had her children just after marriage. There is no proper child planning even
though they are poor because of poor education (Su et al 2017). However, even after having
two children Carla and her husband John get divorced as there is no proper system of
marriage in the region.
Even Carla’s daughter Annie lives with her boyfriend and is going to have a child
before marriage. This shows that the socio-demographic aspect of the region is quite poor as
people seem helpless and uneducated as a result of which they are unable to take correct
decisions (Gerogianni et al 2018). The economic status of everyone is poor even Annie is
poor and therefore worried about the child who is coming. Due to low income children are
unable to study and have to experience unemployment. Since it’s a mining town therefore it
is clear that people will have many health problems but there is no healthcare facility to cope
with the problem. There is no proper government and even if there is no initiative is taken to
make the lives of the poor people easy with good employment opportunities and better
healthcare as well as educational facilities (Gerogianni et al 2018).

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Social Determinants
There are some of the social determinants of health that helps in keeping the person
healthy both physically as well as mentally. It is the responsibility of the government of the
respective states to look after the aspects of social determinants of health for public welfare.
Some of the health determinants are as follows- income and social status that helps in
keeping the life stable as well as healthy (Taylor et al 2016). Secondly, there should be good
employment opportunities for the people with safe working conditions. The state should
promote education as well as literacy so that people can get employment (Adler et al 2016).
There should be good childhood experiences with positive physical environment for the
healthy growth of both children as well as adults. People should have access to healthy
behaviour and should also have access to healthcare services (Adler et al 2016). These are
some of the determinants that should be followed for healthy lifestyle in the society.
However, from the case study it is quite clear that none of the above health
determinants are followed in the case study and the social demography of the region is also
very poor. It is a mining town without any employment and health security. This evident
from John’s decision of not getting treated medically as he would lose his job and he also
does not have money to treat himself. This also shows the risky conditions under which
people work. Even Carla had to switch her jobs many times as all previous jobs of mining
were closing. Literacy rate is also quite poor as Carla’s aunt is uneducated and they live in a
poorly manner (Baker et al 2018). As children did not have a positive childhood they were
unable to study as well as concentrate. Housing condition is also bad as Carla’s daughter lives
in a very small one room apartment with her boyfriend. Income is low as a result of which
Carla cannot move to the city because of transport expenses and her daughter too is worried