Income
Why is Income a determinant of health?
It affects mental and physical wellbeing because it determines whether they have more meaningful access to healthcare, educational institutions, and social participation.
Why is Housing a determinant of health?
Housing is a determinant of health because it could affect mental and physical health conditions depending on how safe, how clean, and how stable it is
Why is food security a determinant of health?
Food security is a determinant of health because not enough access to nutritional food will affect mental and physical health in the long run by affecting development and the body's ability to properly heal from injuries
Why is education a determinant of health?
It shapes a person's socioeconomic opportunities, cognitive skills, and literacy rate, and also affects employment opportunities that offer important health benefits
Can you give a specific example as to how stable/good source of incomes could prevent health complications?
-Good income means nutritious food
-Better educational opportunities
-Allows for more social participation (camps, social outings, etc)
Can you give an example of how unstable or bad housing conditions can negatively affect health?
-Unstable housing or hidden homelessness affects people's safety, ability to get proper sleep and shelter from bad weather conditions
-mold in houses can cause respiratory illnesses or exacerbate illnesses that are already present
Can you give a specific example of how food insecurity might negatively affect people?
- It could cause malnutrition
-Weakness and fatigue
- Affect child and teen development
Can you give a specific example of how Employment or lack of employment might affect a person's health?
-Lack of employment results in lack of self esteem, self-sufficiency, potentially causes people to become dependent on aid, it can contribute to higher stress and anxiety etc
why do people with higher incomes have longer life expectancies? Give me one key answer
- prevention- to be able to prevent health complications, affording medication, less barriers, higher quality health care
How many levels of homelessness are there and what are they?
Sheltered homelessness, unsheltered homelessness, hidden homelessness, Indigenous homelessness, and chronic homelessness (5 levels)
What are food deserts? What causes people to rely on these?
where people have limited access to affordable, nutritious foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other healthy options.Limited income, affordability, prices rising due to inflation but even after inflation goes down prices stay up.