Social Health Ethics
Health ethics are the principles made to improve moral judgments and decisions concerning health issues. This text focuses on 58-year identical twins, Emma and Myrtle, who were both born with hypertension. The physician recommends that they should eat a healthier diet to maintain their health. They receive SNAP benefits worthy of $100 to spend on eligible food within two weeks, enhancing them to establish a shopping list. Emma receives full-service grocery while Myrtle accesses convenience store services in the food desert area. Emma also accesses each item in the grocery. At the same time, Myrtle is not able to access apples, asparagus, avocado, balsamic vinaigrette, bananas, brussel sprouts, corn, cucumbers, feta cheese, onions, peppers, raisins, salmon filets, shrimp, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, tostados, and tuna. SNAP requirements were followed in the shopping list because it contains only food products intended for human consumption (Rosenbaum, 2013). Myrtle should purchase fewer vegetables and fruits to avoid losses of going bad. She should evaluate her eating habits to know the kind of food that she needs to buy. She should also buy a variety of food when she has a chance to visit the full-service grocery.
The social determinants that focus on the challenges faced by individuals who entirely rely on SNAP for their nutritional intake are socio-economic factors and public health (Marmot, 2005). Socio-economic factors show the disparity between rich and poor people. Poor people are more often ill and live shorter lives than rich people. Public health explains how social and psychological influences affect one’s physical health. These determinants have drawn attention that has led to a sensitivity of health to the social environment. This sensitivity has resulted in the shaping of the situation for better conducive healthy.
In conclusion, mobile markets and produce trucks are one of the solutions initiated to curb food desert issues. Refrigerated trucks distribute fresh food products to the needy. Mobile produce track delivers healthy fruits and vegetables to high-need communities and at affordable prices. People’s Community Market provides a full-service neighborhood food store to the residents who have limited access to fresh produce. The market also offers a health resource center that ensures that the product supplied is valid for the consumer’s health.
References
Marmot, M. (2005). Social determinants of health inequalities. The Lancet, 365(9464), 1099-1104.
Rosenbaum, D. (2013). SNAP is Effective and Efficient. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.