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GROUP 5 PRESENTATION
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PRESENTATION FOCUS
HIGHLIGHT KEY SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
The
health
impacts
of
globalisation
aresimultaneouslypositive
and
negative,
varying
according
to
factors
such
as
geographical location, sex, age, ethnic origin,
education level, and socioeconomic status
Globalisation is not an unstoppable force. Our
key challenge is to create socially and
environmentally
sustainable
forms
of
globalisation that provide the greatest benefits
and least costs, shared more equitably than is
currently the case.
SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
CONFLICT-T: is an approach to analysing society that stresses the differences in
power among social groups; it explains global inequality in all aspects (particularly
health iequalities)
FUNCTIONALIST-T: Explains the interdependence and interconnectedness of global
society; argue that social change must contribute to societys stability
INTERACTIONIST-T: Social(global) construction of illness (medicalization);
homosexuality, alcoholism etc. e.g. pharmaceutical companies, bio-medical model.
FEMINISM-T: feminist approaches to globalization seek to provide frameworks for
understanding the gender injustices associated with globalization. more recent
feminist analyses of globalization tend to understand the outcomes of globalization
not as disparate or contingent phenomena, but rather as a result of systematic,
structural injustices on a global scale. Indeed, some contend that the global basic
structure itself is implicitly biased against women.
Out of these major sociological perspectives stems global theories: modernisation,
world systems & dependency theories
MIGRATION
Health Professionals: are migrating seeking for job prospects across the
world, especially to better off countries. E.g. United Kingdom now recruiting
nurses from developing countries.
It has promoted the training high training of medical personnel thus being
functional.
However, this has led to brain drain in developing countries.
Also migration of specialist doctors from developed countries to developing
countries, establishing private hospitals and clinics and providing better
health facilities.
However, their services are not accessible to everyone since they are more
expensive thereby promoting health inequalities.
Health Consumers: to access better health facilities and medication.
Migration of general people to better off countries leading to spread of
various diseases e.g. HIV, EBOLA
Trade rules threaten to pre-empt a range of laws, regulations, policies and programs
designed to prevent disease and promote health.
Public health officials may regulation as necessary but trade officials may view thee
same regulation as unnecessary barrier to trade
REFERENCE.
Internet Sources
Murray et al. (2012). Globalization and Health. Retrieved 19/10/15, 08.30 from http://
www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/30
Woodward, D., Drager, N., Beaglehole, R., & Lipson, D. (2001)Globalization and health: a
framework for analysis and action. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 79:875-881.