How are strategies for social change different than programs for repairing damage? How would power have to shift?

Healthcare by Geoffrey

Watch the required video before completing this discussion:

Kanopy. (2014). Unnatural causes. In sickness and in wealth [streaming video]. (Kanopy streaming video).  Video: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/62769

  • Write a response to the discussion prompt in approximately 400 words, supported with at least one scholarly journal article.Your title page and references are excluded from the word count. Please include the word count for your paper on your title page.
  • Use onepeer-reviewed, academic journal articles that is less than 10 years old to support your work, in addition to the course text. You may use reputable government/professional websites for additional support, but they may not take the place of the journal article as a source for your paper. Sources like newspapers, Wikipedia, and lay websites are unacceptable for use as a reference.
  • Must use articles from specific databases such as EBSCOhost, Medline, PubMed, ProQuest, SAGE Journals Online. The Community & Environmental Health Subject Guideis a useful resource. 
  • All of the sources used in your paper must be cited correctly in APA style. You must include a correct in-text citation for all information quoted or paraphrased from other sources and place the complete citation of any works used in the writing of your paper on a Reference Page. Include a link to the article.
  • All typed work should be in a standard font (e.g., Arial font size 10 or Times New Roman font size 12). All work should be double-spaced.

Discussion Prompt

In the video, Whitehall study director Sir Michael Marmot says, “If inequalities in health were a fixed property of society, then you’d say, ‘We can’t do anything about it.’ But that’s not the case. The magnitude of inequalities in health changes over time. It can get rapidly worse, and if it can get rapidly worse, it ought to be possible to make it rapidly better.”

  • Think about the community you live in. What kinds of employment, education, housing, or transportation policies does the community need today to promote health equity?
  • What obstacles and opportunities exist?
  • How are strategies for social change different than programs for repairing damage? How would power have to shift?
  • How would you address these issues in your community?