Social Justice
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The aspect of human life revolves around norms, values and expectations in society. The value of life itself derives its worth from these aspects of culture. In the process to improve the quality of life, there exist resources utilized to offer essential services to society. In some cases, the unequal distribution of these resources occurs, bringing about questions of social injustices. Therefore, in its essence, social justice creates a more significant impact on the day to day life, including basic needs such as healthcare through the availability of resources to the masses. Consequently, the impact of social justice on human health forms the basis of this paper that seeks to describe the effect on the provision of healthcare services.
Social justice in the United States and India.
Societal justice is dependent on various governmental and regional policies. In the United States, societal justice defines the ordinary daily human life with consideration on equitable distribution of resources a critical agenda. For instance, delivery of health care professionals is fair across health care provision centres in the country (Lang, Radke, Chen, & Chan, 2016). Although the United States is yet to surpass the health worker to population ration equity in its distribution upholds social justice. India, on the other hand, faces various issues regarding social justice. In the country, striking societal injustices are revolving around the healthcare systems. For instance, the high old age rural population with older infrastructure restricts the residents from receiving necessary health needs (Khan, Banerjee, & Nandi, 2019).
Commonalities between the United States and India
Education in India is viewed as a significant element in society through advocating for all children to attend school. Similarly, there are schools in remotest parts of India providing education at all levels in preparation for jobs in the society. The availability of education is even noticed by international students who opt to study in the country (Malhotra & Seifu, 2020). the situation is similar to the united states where education is highly regarded within the confines of every society. Similarly, in the United States, there exists a sizeable number of international students because of the high education standards of the country. The equally high education standards help the countries to avoid social injustices as there are more health professionals educated to serve the populations.
Differences between the United States and India
Gender imbalances exist significantly in India through discrimination of the female gender. The bias of the females in the country disadvantages them in regards to education and the provision of healthcare services. In this way, the female gender is exposed to social injustice which, in some cases, occurs in the workplace. (Jain & Osmany, 2019). The impact of female discrimination in the country poses a significant effect on the level of social justice as compared to the United States. In the latter, there is female gender fairness and activism through feminism (Roth, 2018). There equal opportunities for female health care workers in the country, therefore, avoiding the aspect of social injustice in the health sector.
Changes to address resource challenges.
Social injustices are often brought about by unequal government policies, practices and funding. Therefore if allocations of more finances towards solving social injustices occur such as inadequate health workers, the health care system would be efficient. Moreover, the health standards of the population and satisfaction of workers would be high. Policies, rules and regulations can also be changed to cater for equal distribution of health resources in the sector.
References
Jain, N., & Osmany, M. (2019). Gender Identity and Gender Discrimination among Female Employees in India. OPUS: HR Journal, 10(1), 19.
Khan, P. K., Banerjee, K., & Nandi, S. (2019). Primary Healthcare Infrastructure and Reproductive Healthcare in Rural India: A District-Level Analysis. The Demographic and Development Divide in India (pp. 417-466). Springer, Singapore.
Lang, W., Radke, J. D., Chen, T., & Chan, E. H. (2016). Will the affordability policy transcend climate change? A new lens to re-examine equitable access to healthcare in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cities, 58, 124-136.
Malhotra, N., & Seifu, K. (2020). The Interaction Effect of Perceived Social Support and Perceived Stress on Acculturative Stress among Ethiopian International Students in India. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(2).