Billy Elliot: Social Determinants Of Health

In this essay, the author

• Explains that the movie billy elliot provides multiple examples that relate to the four determinants of health — social, biomedical, environmental, and socioeconomic.
• Analyzes how the social determinant of work/unemployment is signalled within the movie. billy's dad and brother were identified as participating in a union strike due to the government closing down multiple coal mines.
• Explains that social exclusion refers to the social disadvantage, lack of resources, opportunity, participation and skills within society. billy elliot is socially excluded from ballet as he is a boy.

• Explains that the movie billy elliot provides multiple examples that relate to the four determinants of health — social, biomedical, environmental, and socioeconomic.
• Analyzes how the social determinant of work/unemployment is signalled within the movie. billy's dad and brother were identified as participating in a union strike due to the government closing down multiple coal mines.
• Explains that social exclusion refers to the social disadvantage, lack of resources, opportunity, participation and skills within society. billy elliot is socially excluded from ballet as he is a boy.
• Explains that billy is under a lot of stress as he prepares for his big audition. he doesn't want to let his dad down.
• Explains that biomedical determinants are the influences on health status based on the body. birth weight represents how your birth weight can present illness later in life, and body weight representing obesity or malnourishment.
• Explains that billy is a tad on the skinnier side; his body has little fat; bones are also more visible. he isn't considered malnourished but does receive close to the average number of nutrients within the amount of food he eats
• Explains that environmental determinants are the health of the community affected by the surrounding environment. natural factors are all that occur within the environment that don't encounter human intervention.
• Explains that coalminers' village presents the idea of the air quality not being the greatest, a built factor as men work on these mines each day. the burning of coal releases toxic fumes into the atmosphere
• Opines that natural factors aren't an issue within billy's village. billy shares a room with his older brother tony.
• Explains that socio-economic determinants affect the wealth and economic status of a human being. billy's neighbourhood and town don't seem to have many green spaces.
• Analyzes how billy's housing situation is considered average. he shares a bedroom with his brother and the other rooms in their house also look compact.
• Opines that billy is provided with what looks like a good education and his access to services isn't mentioned.
• Opines that the education regarding health was minimal within the movie. both jackie and tony smoke which encourages billy to as well smoke when he is older.
• Describes the determinants of health that impacted billy elliot's life, including social exclusion, social support, and stress.
• Explains that billy is socially excluded from partaking in ballet because he is a boy. this is caused by gender 'rules'.
• Explains that billy's dreams of being a ballerina were not supported by his father or brother, the two ‘most important people in his life’.
• Explains that billy encountered a rough childhood, resulting in his father turning to violence as repercussions of his anger.