Based on the discussions that took place in class, we further evaluated the different social determinants of health as well as how it can relate to our personal experience. One that had shocked many would be the effect the environment has on an individual in terms of health. Safety, as mentioned in class can play a huge role in getting the motivation to participate in physical activities within the community. Environment plays a huge role in social determinates considering that for the most part, the environment can mold an individual. In addition, the inability to have access to healthy options in school’s drives children to make unhealthy decisions early on and creates a habit of consistent bad food decisions. One topic we did not discuss is the health care system in terms of health coverage. There are various limitations when it comes to health insurances and coverage plans that could result in a patient to not seek further care. Quality of care could result in a patient to never follow up at a site and not receive proper preventive care. It would also be interesting to analyze the number of people who file complaints and keep up with follow-ups and good health overall.
Another topic that was discussed was the demographics of the district that we chose. To some, it came to no surprise the number of people hospitalized as well as income, yet for others it was. For which lead to the conversation of gentrification. It was interesting that almost everyone in the class had a slightly different interpretation of what gentrification was. Although, something that I also found interesting was when professor Capers mentioned that as new businesses arise within a community people sometimes reject it. Such an example would be the new supermarkets with low prices being turned down because the appearance does not resemble what they were used to shopping from.
Health Care Is Not A Privileged Its A Right! 
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