The Sociological Approach to Health (Sociology)

Question 1

Sociological Approach to Heath?

Answer 1

Can be approached from a:
Micro level: focusing on Illness as a lived experience
Macro: Focus on patterns of disease at a population level

Defines our understanding of disease: Absence of disease vs functionality vs wellbeing

Question 2

Which factors contribute to illness, disease course and treatment success?

Answer 2

Occupation and work environment

Living conditions and social environment

Education and health literacy

Health service and social care infrastructure

Public health programs

GMC: Society influences and determines health behaviour, and therefore impacts care required

Question 3

Dahlgreen and Whitehead model

Answer 3

Healthcare outcomes are a product of the society we live in, rather that purely biological illness

Wide socioeconomic and environmental conditions shape social behaviours, therefore impacting lifestyle choices

These interact with biological factors to shape our propensity to disease

Question 4

Marmott model

Answer 4

Outlines how.an individuals biology (genetic predisposition) interacts with broader social environment to shape health behaviours

Health behaviours drive pathophysiological changes

Pathophysiological changes drive patient wellbeing/mortality/morbidity