Introduction to Health and Social Care: Social Class and Health

This essay examines the significant impact of socio-economic status (SES) on health and healthcare outcomes in the UK. It explores how factors like income, education, and occupation influence both physical and psychological well-being. The essay highlights the disparities in healthcare access and quality based on social class, emphasizing the role of environmental hazards, nutrition, and medical care. It delves into specific health challenges associated with lower SES, including increased risks of chronic diseases, infant mortality, and mental health issues. The essay concludes by summarizing the ways in which a person's socio-economic class and social situation can have an impact on his/her health, emphasizing the need for equitable access to resources and healthcare services to improve health outcomes across all social groups.

Introduction to health and social
care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aim..............................................................................................................................................3
Objective......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Psychological Health...................................................................................................................4
Physical healths............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Socio economic condition and the lifestyle of the human begin are found to the factor
which is effecting the healthcare which can be turned out as predictor of morbidity ans mortality.
The equal distribution of power and money along with resources have the creation of health
related equities. The influence of the socio-economic status on health is being in the prenatal
environment which have contribution throughout life. SES have the effects in overall functioning
which have inclusion of physical and mental health which can be more understood as the low
level of SES have correlation in lower level of education achievement, poverty and poor health
which have ultimate effects in our society.
Aim.
To study the impact of social class on the level of health care of an individual.
Objective.
To identify the relationship between the social class and health cares.
To evaluate the impact of social class on personal health care.
MAIN BODY
Socio-economic status have encompassed of just only the income but also the level of
education attainment, occupational prestige along with having subjective perception in terms of
social status and availability of social class. There is quality of life with level of attributes which
gives the opportunities as well as privileges which is been offered to people having socio-
economic status. Hence, SES (Socio-economic status) is more reverent to all realms of social and
behavioural sciences which have inclusion of research, practice, education along with advocacy.
The SES have the comparative have the basis of handing the measurable terms which are been
identified on basis of three important indicators that are the educational attainment, income and
the occupational status. Although these measure have the moderate level of correlation having
the capture over the distinctive aspects of social position which is potentially related to health
behaviour with the use of distinctive mechanism. The lower level of income is not single factor
but has to characterized by multiple physical and psychosocial level of stress on the further level
the socio-economic status is more level of consistent along with being realizable predictor in vast
array of various outcomes across life course which have physical and psychosocial level.

There is significant level of impacts of a person social class around their physical health
along with ability in order to have receiving of adequate nutrition in terms of medical care. The
medical care have the difference in standard of higher status people and lower people in terms of
quality. SES have the effects in overall functioning which have inclusion of physical and mental
health which can be more understood as the low level of SES have correlation in lower level of
education achievement, poverty and poor health which have ultimate effects in our society. Due
to income level there are inequalities in hearth distribution along with resources and quality of
life which is increasing at the global level. There are the research which have the indication as
the key factor which is effecting the quality of life across the life course span at the different
sector of health care. The health care has been classified as the physical and psychological
health.
Psychological Health.
The presences of well-being and the presence or absence of manual disorders may have
the inclusion of ability in enabling to have proper enjoy long with having proper demonstration
psychological resilience when confronted with challenges. In the united kingdom it has turned
out to the psychology of population that there is probability of ending up of first marriage in
couples will be higher in low SES as comparative to higher level of SES.
There is relationship between the SES and psychological health outcomes as with the
increasing level of evidence it has been identifies as the there is direct level of relationship
between the level of SES and psychological health. With SES at lower level have the negative
impact on psychological health. Outcome and vice versa such as the positive motivation, self-
esteem and perceived level of outcomes which can be seen in youth of country. The lower level
of SES is having association with higher level of emotional and behavioural difficulties which
have inclusion of social problems, delinquent behaviour symptoms and attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder among adolescents. The lower class has been objectively of been
characterized as the having the greater level of threats with less level of security in terms of
employment, housing, operational level of security and surety healthy. In many of the research it
has been identifies as the there are explanation of various phenomena. The outcome ranging
form be having the broader level of concept which is having the range of inequality, contracting
the malicious diseases such as HIV, or being obese, as caused by external factors, ones that are
beyond the control of the individual.

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Next there is higher level of depression, anxiety, attempted suicide, cigarette dependence,
along with episodic heavy drinking among adolescents. This leads to increase in aggression
along with having the negative impact of having the Alzheimer disease in later life. However, the
disparities because of socio-economic status can result into cells ageing which are evident in
early life along with age related diseases such as morbidity and mortality from chronic one.
Physical healths
The physical healths refer to have conditions of individual body with having proper
consideration about the level of fitness and absence of diseases. Social class have the direct
correlation with environmental hazards which makes the increase level of risk on having the
contracting with diseases and sustaining of any particularistic injury as there is slow access to
have fresh production, exercise various facilitators and preventative level of health programmes
which are the negative outcome of having lower level of socio-economics status. A person social
value have significant impact interior physical health and ability to have received adequate
medical care and nutrition, and their life expectancy. Genders and respective race plays in
important role in having proper explantation over health inequality. This helps in having proper
predication of risks of having contracting or sustaining any particular injury and lower level of
overall health. The low SES have the chances of experiencing As Much Higher In Health Issues
as Collaborative To High Level Of SES. On the other there is the positive impact that is been had
the benefited to lower level of SES as comparative top higher one.
They are getting the benefit of more health insurance as the middle and upper class
people provide healths insurance benefits to their respective employees as compare to lower
level of occupation. Without having the Adequate level of insurance the cost of health care will
be determined as very high coast. In consequences many of the individual having lower level of
SES don't have the access in order to have preventive care and level of quality measurement.
This group of people have higher rates of infant mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and
disabling physical injuries than are seen among the well insured. There should be critical level of
well beings which is been effected by level of lifestyles diet and physical activity and
behaviourist. With continuation of various research it has been identified that the with lower
level of SES there is varsity of negative impacts in terms of desired health outcome at time of
birth and lifespan. With lower level of SES, there is higher infant mortality rate. In united

kingdom the expected mortality rate of black mother is 12.5 per 1000 as compare to white
mother that is 5.35 per 1000. Lower level of SES have higher chance of being inactivity and high
BMI which may be because of lack of neighbourhood resources and option of healthy food.
There is higher physiological markers of stressful situation which is chronically in adolescent
along with increase level of Cardiovascular disease for adults.
The member of family who have lower level of SES have been identified as the
maximum level of criticism along with increased level of victimization. As per the research is
has been identified tats with the effect of social class there is change in the attitude along with
factors of ideology in order to have the powerful influences. Regarding the level of poverty and
other individual factor there is having the tendency of holding more of negative feeling along
with having the paradoxically likely to question, challenge, reject, or change it. It can be
sentenced as the level of perception along with threat of various economic interest which is
having the tendency ion overrisen at the time of economic rescission.
CONCLUSION
From the above file it can be concluded that there is influence of socio-economic status
on health is being in prenatal environment having contribution throughout life. The SES have
comparative have basis of handing the measurable terms which are been identified on basis of
three important indicators that are educational attainment, income and occupational status. SES
have the effects in overall functioning which have inclusion of physical and mental health which
have more understandability as the low level of SES have correlation in lower level of education
achievement, poverty and poor health which have ultimate effects in our society. There is
relationship between SES and psychological health outcomes with increasing level of evidence
as it identifies the direct level of relationship between level of SES and psychological health. A
person social value have significant impact interior physical health and ability to have received
adequate medical care and nutrition, and their life expectancy. There is higher physiological
markers of stressful situation which is chronically in adolescent along with increase level of
Cardiovascular disease for adults.

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