social factors that causes diseases

1. Social causes of diseases
Presented by
V.Rajani
Assistant .Professor

2. There are totally four important social causes
that leads to the disease
They are;
1.Socio economical status
2. Physiological risk factors
3. Behaviour risk factors
4. Psychosocial risk factors

3. 1.SOCIO ECONOMICAL STATUS:
• Social status(relating to society) of a person
indirectly responsible for disease
• Economical status (relating to money) of a person
indirectly cause the disease
• Eg: poverty, very less income, poor housing,
inadequate healthy food, low education, low
occupational status, dangerous work, stressfull
work, polluted environment, discrimination

4. 2. PHYSIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS:
Physiology=Functioning of body
• Improper functioning of body leads to disease
either directly or indirectly
• Eg: Weak heart leads to hyper tension, weak
immune system, hyper cholesterolaemia ,
genetic factors

5. 3.BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS:
• The person behavior with other and his own
life style habits cause the disease both directly
and indirectly
• EX; Smoking, alcohol, poor diet, lack of
exercise, isolation, lack of social support, low
self esteem, self blame, hopelessness

6. 4. PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS:
• If a person is frequently scolding/blaming by
society , friends or public, then his mental
behavior changes and leads to his various
mental disorder and finally disease
• Eg: isolation,lack of social suuport, low self
esteem, self balame,hopelessness.

7. Socio economical status
Psychosocial risk factors
Behavioural risk factors
Physiological risk factors
Disease