SOC 313 Week 1 DQ 1 Ability, Disability, and Chronic Conditions use as a guide
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Neil Schneiderman’s article demonstrates the various attributes of preventing chronic diseases. He gives examples of Psychosocial, behavioral and biological factors that can either increase or decrease a person’s risk of developing certain diseases. Behavioral risk factors are described as life style habits that one has control of. Examples include the amount of physical exercise one participates in, choosing to smoke tobacco and consuming alcohol in excess. Biological and Societal risk factors are not necessarily life style choices, as one cannot control their ethnicity and race or family income. Schneiderman references the term (SEP) which stands for socioeconomic position. A person’s SEP is determined by variables such as income, education and occupation.