Assignment on Sociology Change Proposal

SOCIOLOGY
CHANGE PROPOSAL

Introduction
As the technology and the globalisation have conquered the society, so has the issue of the
inequality has arisen in the society, because of the considerable alteration in the employment,
migration, technological landscapes. The following change proposal is aimed at addressing
the issues of the inequality in the Australian society in context of the health. The structure of
the change proposal is set by the initial introduction of the issue, explanation of the need of
the change, the expected benefits out of the changes and a proposal of a change policy to
conclude the discussions.
Analysis of the issue of Inequality in Australia
By the virtue of the globalisation, the economies are not only connected to each other, but
also dependent on each other such that the economic and social disturbances outside the
countries lead to significant impacts in context of healthcare within the countries as well.
Health Inequalities denote the differences in the health status of the individuals arising due to
the influence of factors of social, environmental and geographical domains (Schuch et. al,
2017). Australia is exposed to consistent inequalities in the area of health and welfare, as
evident by the fact that there is a wide distribution of the Aboriginal, non-Indigenous
Australians and Torres Strait Islander people in terms of the distribution and most of the
above listed reside in the rural and remote areas. Some of the reasons of the inequalities in
healthcare are laid below.
Some of the reasons that have led to the said inequalities in health are described as follows.
As stated by the WHO, social disadvantages and the inequalities are the prime reasons for the
unfair distinctions in the health related outcomes for different groups. Social exclusion is the
sub class of the social disadvantages, which means the lack of the resources, skills,
participation and the opportunities (McLachlan et al., 2013). The social inclusion is stated to
be expected by around 4.3 million people in Australia (Brotherhood of St Laurence &
Melbourne Institute, 2019). The yet another key cause is the employment issues such as
quality of work, levels of motivation and the access to medical facilities which affect both
physical as well as the mental health. For instance, in context of Australia the number of
jobless families reached to 1.4 million in the year 2017 (ABS, 2017). The next key cause is
the inequalities in the appropriate and hygienic housing facilities. Thus, as stated above, there
are various reasons associated to the health inequalities in Australia at income, occupation
and the education levels.