The world health organization (2021) describes health as “astate of complete physical,
mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (para1
1). Health is more than just physical. To be unhealthy is incomplete well-being. Social
determinants, poverty, systemic racism in all aspects of life make people unhealthy. It does
not always have to do with pathology. Health2030 groups social determinants in the
following categories: Economic stability, neighborhood environments, education access,
health access, and social community context (U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, 2020). When one or all of these are lacking it can cause people to be unhealthy,
which may not be a disease but lack of access to environments that can create illness (I e.
lack of healthy food, access to physician’s/hospitals nearby, education, etc.) Inequality
comes in many forms, and these inequalities can cause people to be unhealthy.
References
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2020).Social determinants of health -
healthy people 2030. Health.gov. https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-
data/social-determinants-health
World Health Organization. (2021).Constitution of the World Health Organization.
Www.who.int. https://www.who.int/about/governance/constitution#:~:text=World
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