The Causes Of Population Health

In life, individuality is a prominent aspect of society; everyone practices, believes, and values differently. No one culture is the same; members eat, think, and drink differently. Cultural practices of previous generations creates and passes down this learned behavior. These values are what shapes an individual’s mindset as early as infancy. Stephen Bezruchka, MD, stated “So much of our life is programmed early in life” (Laureate, 2011). Behaviors of ancestors become the behaviors of generations to come while healthy eating habits of cultures, maintains the health of individuals. When these practices deviate, health can begin to fail, thus being the cause of varying cultural differences in society today.
Moreover, diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes are embedded into one’s DNA from beginning of their life, derived from the mother’s lifetime nutritional status, birth rate and growth.

Ethnographic inquiry allows support of outliers that are normally excluded from datasets, to stand out, thus telling their story. “Narratives derived through anthropological research methodologies allow the discovery of the voice of those who are normally unheard in the current international political climate (Campbell, 2010, p. 80).” Comprehensive understanding of the situation is imperative and can be achieved by spending a lot of time with those involved.
Through globalization, these individuals whose traditions have been doubted, can now be heard and made a priority. “Global health policy can be understood as the ways in which globalization may be impacting on health policy” (Lee, Buse & Fustukian, 2002, p.10). Ultimately, global health must connect to various cultures, rather than just one culture and understand the differences and important values within