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Sociological Perspectives on Health Factors

Explore how social factors such as income, race, and lifestyle influence individual health. Learn about sociological approaches to healthcare and key perspectives in this unit.

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Sociological Perspectives on Health Factors

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  1. OCR Level 3Cambridge Technicalsin Health and Social Care Introduction to Unit 6: Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care

  2. Introduction There are a number of factors that can influence your health: Genetics Social Environment Physical Environment

  3. Social Factors The social factors that influence a person’s health could include: Home Are some groups more likely to be homeless? Race Is there a correlation between ethnic groups, income equality and health? Income Lifestyle Does the amount you earn affect your life expectancy? Are some groups in society more likely to smoke and drink? Nutrition Is there a correlation between nutrition and income equality?

  4. Social Factors Social factors can impact on an individual’s health in two main ways: Through the wider society in which the person lives and works, eg: The role of the individual and their peers, eg: Individuals choose to behave in ways that are detrimental to their health. Inequalities in access to healthcare across the country. An individual’s peer group influencing them to smoke or take drugs. A culture of drug and alcohol abuse.

  5. Measuring the Data How do we know that these factors are influencing an individual’s health? We need to conduct social research to find out people’s attitudes about the impact of society on health.

  6. Measuring the Data But we need to be aware that: Attitudes across different cultures may result in differences in diagnoses and results. Stigma in society may result in events not being reported at all. Social factors may have more or less of an impact on different groups depending on their religion, class or gender.

  7. What will you learn? After completing this unit you will: Understand sociological approaches to health and social care Understand key sociological perspectives

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