Introduction
Some think that a person’s socioeconomic status does not affect the individual state of health. However, a study of the incidence rate made it clear that social origin determines why one disease spreads in one country than in another. Therefore, social roots, class, race, ethnicity, and gender influence the health situation (Barkan, 2017). The paper aims to show the correlation between sociological problems and the field of healthcare and medicine to reveal the prevalence level.
The Effect of Poverty
Society achieved great success in producing material goods, but it did nothing to improve the living conditions of both the individual and humanity. Poverty conditions cause economic and psychological risk factors among the population (Barkan, 2017). Low-income categories of the community lack money to fully meet the basic human needs for food, housing, and quality medical care. Psychological risk factors are manifested in the fact that life in poverty often causes exceptionally high-stress loads that harm health and the risk of premature death. Therefore, poverty brings many other problems: psychological difficulties, social exclusion, and poor health.
Gender and Health
Gender roles and attitudes can affect health status and change the achievement of mental, social, physical health, and well-being. When individuals do not fit into the established system of gender norms, relationships, they often deal with social exclusion or discriminatory practices; these manifestations adversely affect health (Barkan, 2017). Gender norms affect the availability of resources and the ability to manage the resources necessary to achieve optimal health outcomes.
Race and Health
Differences in health status, life expectancy, and many other health indicators in different racial and ethnic groups are well documented. Some people in certain racial groups receive less care, have less access to resources. Epidemiological data show that the disease, in terms of either morbidity or mortality, does not equally affect racial groups (Barkan, 2017). These differences in health between racial groups create racial health inequalities.
Conclusion
In conclusion, social status, inequality in incomes of the population is aggravating, and this is becoming one of the factors of a negative impact on health. Ethnic and gender differences limit access to quality health services and are reflected in levels of preventable morbidity and mortality among women and men. Therefore, from the preceding, it can be assumed that the poor, women, and those subjected to ethnic injustice suffer most in the health and medical sphere.
Reference
Barkan, S. E. (2017). Social problems: Continuity and change. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.