Factors affecting Health

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Factors affecting Health
  1. Poverty
    1. WHO report 2008 - showed a difference in life expectancy of 28 years between poor and affluent areas in Glasgow
      1. Due to poor diet and lack of excercise
      2. Poverty affects health due to poor quality of social housing
        1. often affected by damp which can lead to conditions such as asthma
        2. The housing and surronding area can have a harmful; impact on the mental well-being of the child as these areas are usually materially deprived and have high rates of drugs
        3. Unhealthy eating and obesity
          1. Around 64% of Scots are overwight
            1. NHI study shows: Obesity may shorten life by up to 14 years
              1. Being obese shortens life and affects health due to the diseases related to weight problems
              2. However,
                1. a good diet is limited by low income as it is harder to buy the more expensive healthier option
                  1. the 5-a-day campaign had less impacts on poorer areas
                    1. 12 packets of crisp < 6 apples
                2. Smoking
                  1. 13,000 smoking related deaths in Scotlad alone each year
                    1. In 2014, the cancer research report showed that since 1974 Scottish lung cancer rates have doubled
                    2. However
                      1. It is a class issue - in 2010, 47% of adults in deprived areas smoked
                        1. Also the smoking ban introduced in 2006 has reduced smoking in scotland from 48% - 23% from 2003-15
                          1. Thus, even though smoking affects health dramatically it is not as big a problem as it used to be
                      2. Culture
                        1. Islam doesn't allow consumption of alcohol
                          1. Ethnic minorities are less likely to drink, Bangladeshi and black Carribean men are more likely to smoke thna other groups
                            1. significant impact on health
                            2. Ethnic minority members may fail to access health services due to poor english skils
                              1. However
                                1. groups with similar incomes to the white population record health levels close to the white population
                                  1. But groups such as pakistanis, who earn less, record health levels that are 50% worse than the white population
                                2. Conclusions
                                  1. Poverty is the most significant factor influencing health, as a lot of other favctors are more prevalent in the lower classes of society
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