Respond to two (2) of the following prompts:

1. Consider the social stratification of your family tree. Compare your social standing to that of your parents and grandparents. If you are unfamiliar with these people, feel free to substitute other family members or acquaintances from other generations. (USLO 3.1)
2. What social traits did your forebears pass down to you? Is there consistency or inconsistency in your family’s status? Which theoretical approach best describes your family’s social stratification? What changes do you anticipate for your family’s future generation? (USLO 3.1)
3. Consider your own experiences with social mobility. How do rules, laws, and societal structures promote wealth and poverty? Do you believe that rules, laws, and societal structure have a greater impact on social mobility than individual traits such as a strong work ethic? Do you believe social mobility has decreased or risen in recent years? How could rules, laws, and societal structures impact your future social mobility? What are some strategies for dealing with this future possibility? (USLO 3.2)
4. What is the relationship between subjective, absolute, and relative poverty and inequality/inequity? Who benefits from poverty, inequality, and inequity? Can policies be enacted to eliminate various forms of poverty and break the cycle of poverty? What are the advantages and disadvantages of enacting such policies? What role does the cycle of poverty play in maintaining social stratification, especially for women through the global feminization of poverty? (USLO 3.3)
5. Which of the three theoretical approaches (functionalist, conflict, or symbolic interactionist) would you use to explain why healthcare injustice and inequity occurs and what to do about it? (USLO 3.4)
6. What role does healthcare injustice play in perpetuating the system of stratification? How does the healthcare system maintain social stratification? Is healthcare injustice harming our society as a whole? (USLO 3.4)

Option 1

Democracy is a form of governance where people vote their elected representatives into parliament or power. A system of government of the people by the people and for the people. It is a system of control of an organization, country, or society by most of its members. It is the foundation of any country where the majority rules, thereby giving the common person the opportunity to have a voice in their political community. It gives its members power and civic responsibility directly or through their democratically elected representatives. Democracy also gives people the privilege to have the same rights, equal value and to be able to think and believe and express their views openly in writing or speech. According to Greenberg & Page, (2018) The basic idea behind democracy is for the citizens to express their political influence through regular elections. 

Although it is a fundamental human right to vote, the struggles and challenges that have faced this system of government since its conception are undoubtedly enormous.” Although the right to vote is fundamental to democracy, African Americans in the South were not able to vote in any numbers until after 1965, despite passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, which prohibited discrimination in voting on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (Greenberg & Page, p. 670). It is difficult during a crisis when problems need immediate attention, too many ideas or opinions by the people and can cause some to feel devalued if their ideas are not followed, and the multiple perspectives to consider, makes decision making of this system of government to be slowed down. 

“Democracy works best when governments have incentives to pursue broadly encompassing policies that benefit the citizen as a whole.” Shapiro, I. and Froomkin,(2023). These benefits promote ways to resolve issues and conflicts, peaceful resolutions are encouraged. It creates involvement and respect for human dignity. The freedom to act, speak and think freely. Equality before the law. Promoting an egalitarian environment. Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities, thereby discouraging sovereignty. 

Finally, a democratic system of government benefits cannot be overlooked. Democratically governed nations are more likely to secure the peace of the people, deter aggression, expand open markets, promote economic development, protect American citizens, combat international terrorism and crime, avoid humanitarian crises and refugee flows, improve the global environment that allow for future reform for the betterment of its community and the society at large.  

 

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Greenberg, E. S., & Page, B. I. (2018).
The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition (12th ed.). Pearson.  

 
Shapiro, I. and Froomkin, . David (2023, July 12). challenges to democracy. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/challenges-to-democracy 

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing and are consistent with the Christian worldview.
3. Reflect on your overall state of health. Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.
4. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).

UTI(Urinary tract infection)