Social Determinations of Health
Individual social characteristics and broader social forces that shape the conditions of daily life and, thus, impact health.
*Gender
specific issues may happen to one gender over the other
*Occupation
The type of job you have, do you sit down all day, work with people who get sick etc.
*Racial and ethnic differences
traditional foods that some people may have
*Lifestyle choices
do you choose to smoke, drink, exercise etc
Sickness as Deviance
*Mental Health
*Cancer
*Amputees
*Birth Defects
*Down Syndrome
*Alcohol or drug addiction
*Stigma is also often associated with physical disability or simply the inability to function normally