Social inequalities are a pre-eminent cause of preventable disease and disability. They constitute an intractable problem for public health practitioners who aim to promote health. The extent of social inequalities varies from one society to another suggesting that they are amenable to change. However...
What is Intersectionality, and what are some examples?Question:What is Intersectionality, and what are some examples?Intersectionality:Intersectionality refers to a social topic that has bearing on psychologists, more so if they work with clients instead of conducting scientific investigations or doing ot...
Purelyfree market economies and command economiesexist more as theoretical concepts than as tangible realities; almost all of the world's economies feature some elements of both systems and are classified asmixed economies. For example, although the United States allows companies to set prices and wo...
What is harm reduction in social work? The U.S., Europe, and the U.N. may all be guilty of significant naivety regarding information and communication technology. What is the "Information Society?" What are some of the negative aspects of participating in the Information Society?
The Importance Of Racial Inequality As the only sociologist that has been chosen on the North American council I would like to address my main concern, which is that having one person voice the social inequalities for approximately 580 million people is not just. In my best attempt to be as...
Health inequalitiesSince 2008, Western countries are going through a deep economic crisis whose health impacts seem to be fundamentally counter-cyclical: when economic conditions worsen, so does health, and mortality tends to rise. While a growing number of studies have presented evidence on the ...
Are Democratic Socialist Economies Still Capitalist? Some degree of capitalism is prevalent in democratic socialist societies. The goal of democratic socialist countries like Canada is equality. Although they have social welfare programs in place, they also encourage competition and ownership of property ...
Are there unintentional negative consequences to body positivity and, if so, what are some alternatives? Body Positivity and its Discontents Social media, particularly image-based media like Instagram, has changed the way that people communicate compared to more text-based social media. On Instagram ...
Homelessness is a social problem that generates a mixed response from the public, some are neutral, while others are annoyed by this problem. Sociologists will argue that the likelihood of an individual becoming homeless relies upon the conditions that incorporate both society-based causes and ...
What are the characteristics of social stratification? Provide a few examples of social stratification. Social Stratification: Social stratification has existed throughout human history. However, over the past two hundred years, major efforts have been made to eliminate ...