effects of social inequalities and social determinants of health. Social inequality is dissimilarities in the rationing of wealth in the population between groups or individuals. Social determinants are the conditions that individuals are forced to live. This way of life is produced by the supply of power, money, and resources in the individual or groups social level. The affects that both social inequality and social determinants have on social health is a result of income inequality, according to
of these problems are inequality and poverty. As a citizen of the United States, one of the richest nations and coincidently one of the most unequal as well, I have noticed the many issues one can face with inequality. I have also noticed that many Americans have overlearned the ideas of the "American Dream" and what it means to be an American. This has lead to the misguided belief that America truly is the land of the free and that everyone has equal opportuinites. Inequality and poverty are topics
children, those in the lowest social classes, those who live in rented accommodation, low incomes or in financial difficulties and also people with high levels of alcohol consumption and users of illegal drugs. Richard Wilkinson offered an explanation of these patterns. He sees stress in the family caused by social inequality as the cause of domestic violence. People on low incomes or people living in crowded living conditions are more likely to suffer from stress which reduces