How would you define health? There are several interconnected and related
dimensions of wellness that are dynamic – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508938. We can describe them as physical, emotional, mental/intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, financial, and occupational.
What makes your health better or worse? All of the factors that influence
your health for better or worse, including your genetic code, your behaviors, and your environment, are called the determinants of health – https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health
Social determinants of health – https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/index.htm
To learn more about how social determinants of health can impact our lives,
watch this movie (this is optional). Go to the BMCC Library website – https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/library/ and click on Databases. Select Video Databases, then select Kanopy Streaming Videos. If you are not on campus, you will have to log in with your BMCC log-on (the same credentials you use to log into computers on campus). When you are in the Kanopy database, search for Unnatural Causes. Your result will say Collection on it. Watch the movie titled In Sickness and in Wealth.
Is the United States a healthy country? Many studies show that the United States spends a lot of money on average per person, but that health outcomes tend to be worse than similarly economically developed countries around the world. There are also many differences among individuals in health status in the US based on historic and current discrimination. Read more here – https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/health-rankings.
