ABSTRACT
The state of a population’s health is greatly influenced by economic, social, political, and therefore, cultural factors. Indeed, social factors create and shape the patterns of health and disease. This begs us to adopt clear public health measures, particularly in education, basic sanitation, infectious disease control, and social protection mechanisms, among others. If concerted, these efforts have a decisive impact on the quality of life, disease prevention, and improving life spam extension, that is, overall gains in health.
Thus, socioeconomic status is a decisive factor for full human development. Further, there is a direct correlation between socioeconomic status and level of health education. In fact, the relationship between low socioeconomic status and the emergence of health risk factors has long been confirmed. Even temporal evolution does not alter the essence of this reality; even though the leading causes of mortality have changed over the past few centuries, their association with socioeconomic status has remained constant.
Inter-sector efforts are required to effectively manage these different drivers of human health and healthcare access. This is fundamental for the construction of modern, prosperous, and developed societies.
