The Social Determinants Of Health Influence The Health And Well Being Of Individuals And Communities

The Social Determinants Of Health
Influence The Health And Well Being Of
Individuals And Communities

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................3
Social determinants of health and their roles..............................................................................3
Health need assessment analysis.................................................................................................4
Health leadership.........................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The term health has been defined as the condition of an individual who is in overall
physical, mental as well as social well being. It has been stated that the absence of any illness or
disorders does not refer to a state of complete healthiness, they should be in absolute cognitive,
emotional as well as physical welfare. The health is being considered as the most precious
resource of every person which aids in supporting the livelihood of a person and their family.
The healthy person is also being considered as an asset to the society, which live such a lifestyle
that actually aids in sustaining a meaningful life (Glick and et.al., 2016). Factors like genetics,
literacy rate, surrounding area, economic condition, personal lifestyle and relationship with
family members and friends has a huge impact on the current and future health state of an
individual. All these factor directly or indirectly effects the mental, social and physical health of
people and later decides the quality of life a person will lead.
Public health is the discipline of safeguarding and rising the status of health of the
people as well as their communities. Such community work is achieved and progressed by
supporting the lifestyle of people, investigation in prevention and detection of diseases and then
rendering awareness to the people to lift their living style and respond according to the infectious
diseases occurrence. In whole, public health majorly concern on protecting the state of mind,
behaviour, emotional status, physical condition of the entire population. Such population can
vary in their sizes and they may be either little as a local section or as big as the whole country.
The practitioners and skilled health care providers attempts to overcome the health issues by
preventing their recurrence by implementing various education, awareness programs and also by
recommending services and policies required to limit the health related disparities.
BACKGROUND
Social determinants of health and their roles
The social determinants of the health is being refereed to the state of an individual in
which they are born, thrive, grow, work and age. Such circumstances and situation are actually
responsible in shaping the future of people and the resources as well as power an individual
acquire at local, national and global level (Artiga and Hinton, 2019). The social determinants of
health are accountable for the inequalities in health, such inequality is being observed in the
health state between or within the countries. There are many social determinants which influence

the state of individual's health and well being of entire population. The Income level greatly
affects the quality of life a person is being living. High income improves the lifestyle and also
aids in reducing stress. These people live in such hygienic area which have healthier resources
and have access to more pure air and safety. Low income is the major cause of poor quality of
life which enhance the risk of stroke, heart diseases or malnutrition.
An Education quality and extent of eduction is also one of the important determinants
for maintaining and improving the kind of life. Poor vision, obesity, in activeness, smoking,
asthma, mental health related issues, sleep disorders have been observed to link the type of
eduction a person got (Jennings, Larson and Yun, 2016). As the quality of education determines
the type of job or career an individual will have. The bright future results due to good education
system while such disorders and stress have been observed in the individual who did not get right
eduction and awareness. An Environment as well as surrounding of a person largely affects the
quality and kind of life an individual thrives, which ultimately judges the health status and
condition of people. Access to drinks safe and pure water prevent from getting water borne
infections. Clean and toxin free environment assure good health and prevent from acquiring
various disorders and make the emotional and behavioural aspect of a person also stable.
Health need assessment analysis
Health need assessment (HNA) is basically a process of identifying the health as well as
healthcare needs of a particular location. The overall population needs to focus on diversities
between population. There are several health improvement programs available which provides
the chance to get engaged in health need assessment within regional and national population.
Some of the preventive programs could be implemented in order to improve health of overall
population within a community (Marmot, 2018). Heath improvement along with prevention of
communicable diseases as well as increase in life expectancy has been increasing day by day.
This is one of the most important tool or a systematic method for analysing the healthcare needs
within a population. It help in to make necessary changes within a community in order to fulfil
those required needs. Health need assessment generally grants targeting of resources and
sometimes involved with partnership with other agencies. It is one of the best opportunity for
involving number of stakeholders in service planning as well as increase sustainability and
ownership. Such sort of assessments could be fulfil by public health team.