Inequities In Health

Step 1: Topic 1; Significant concerns confronting Australian society are the inequities in health between socioeconomic (SES) groups which result in lower SES groups having significantly higher rates of morbidity and mortality at an earlier age. Follow table 1 to apply the SI template to analyse the construction of this problem for a disadvantaged group in Australia and reflect on the social model of health to reduce these inequities.

Step 2: Germov (2014) states that sociological imagination is a four part template, consisting of historical, cultural, structural, and critical factors, which is used to describe the sociological process of analysing problems. This involves establishing a connection between an individual’s issues and public complications.

Historical factors: My parents came from a low to middle socioeconomic status, due to being born in poorer and underdeveloped countries, consisting of Brazil and Greece. My father had a low education, until he was able to come to Australia with his two siblings and parents, and go to school from the middle years of primary school to the end of high school. My mother also had a low education, and was unable to come to Australia until she was in her twenties. But upon arriving in Australia, she had an opportunity to go to tafe and study. By migrating to Australia, both my parents were

Beitsch et al. (2006) also conveys the main functions of state public health institutions, which include the assessment of diseases, policy development, and the commitment to health protection and promotion activities. While Brumback and Malecki (1996) reveal that the role of public health agencies is to assess and analyse public health problems, form policies, layout development, and implement