Health, Healthcare, and Disability

1
Health, Healthcare, and Disability

• By Khadijah Tate

2
Health in Global Perspective

• Health is a state of complete physical, mental,
  and social well- being.
• In Global Health HIV/AIDS was a top killer and
  double between 1990-2000. It cut life expectancy
  in a lot of countries in Africa and it raised the
  infant mortality rate.
• Health in global perspective is studying health
  and healthcare issues around the world which
  offers insights on illness and how political and
  economic forces shape health care in nation.

3
Health in the United States

• Social Epidemiology is the study of the causes
  and distribution of health, disease, and
  impairment throughout a population.
• Rates of illness and death are highest among
  Americans 65 and older. Rates of chronic diseases
  increase rapidly.
• Chronic diseases are illnesses that are long term
  or lifelong and that develop gradually or are
  present from birth.
• There is also Acute diseases are illnesses that
  strike suddenly and cause dramatic incapacitation
  and sometimes death.
• As far as sex goes prior to the twentieth century
  women had lower life expectancies than men
  because of the high mortality rates during
  pregnancy and childbirth. Now the roles have been
  switched and its men dying faster because of jobs
  and lifestyles etc.
• As studies have shown Latinos have the lowest
  death rate and people with color have the highest
  since they live below the poverty line.

4
Healthcare in the U.S.

• The U.S. and the Union of South Africa are the
  only developed nations without some form of
  universal health coverage for all citizens.
• The US has 2 health insurance programs. Medicare
  and Medicaid. Medicare is for 65 and older and
  Medicaid makes healthcare more available to the
  poor.
• Canadas healthcare is paid for by tax revenues,
  Great Britain healthcare services are available
  at no charge to the entire population, China
  doctors work fee-for service basis

5
Sociological Perspectives on Health and Medicine

• Functionalist, Conflict, Symbolic Interactions,
  and Postmodernist perspectives focus on different
  aspects of health and medicine.
• Functionalist is the sick role where you have
  expectations that define the norms for
  individuals that are sick.
• Conflict uses the inequalities in health and
  healthcare. Thats when the medical complex
  encompasses both local physicians and hospitals.
• Symbolic interactions is the social construction
  of illness when nonmedical problems become
  defined and treated as illnesses and disorders.
• Postmodernist is the clinical gaze when doctors
  gain info by observing the patient, thus
  appearing to speak wisely.

6
Disability

• Disability refers to a reduced ability to perform
  tasks one would normally do at a given stage of
  life and that may result in stigmatization or
  discrimination against the person with
  disabilities.
• There are still social inequalities based on
  disability such as people with vision
  disabilities who are often the objects of
  prejudice and discrimination which affects their
  everyday life.

7
Healthcare in the future

• Healthcare in the future is really up to us what
  measure will we take in order to safeguard
  ourselves from illnesses and disorders?
• Advanced technology will play a major role in the
  future of medical diagnosis and treatment for
  healthcare.
• The US healthcare organization will continue to
  change in the future with new physician care and
  new ways to treat patients.

8
Questions

• How is healthcare paid for in the United States?

9
Answer

• For the past one hundred years medical care has
  been paid for on a fee- for service basis.

10
Question

• What is the difference between acute and chronic
  illnesses?

11
Answer

• Acute illness strikes suddenly while chronic
  illness develops gradually over time

12
Question

• What is health?

13
Answer

• A state of complete physical, mental, and social
  wewll-being.