SOCIAL PROBLEMS

SOCIAL PROBLEMS


Kingsuk Sarkar, MD
Asst. Prof.
Dept. of community Medicine








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• Individual problems

Affects
large pop





• Social problems










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? Current Social Problems:

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Drug addiction/ dependence
Alcoholism
Sexually Transmitted Disease
vagrancy
Juvenile Delinquency
prostitution








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• Social Health Problems:
A disease may be termed as social
problem and its social relevance become
quite high when following happens:
- When it has got predominant behavioral
component in its causation
- When its widespread over large
geographic area and affects many( î
incidence, î prevalence)






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• Social Health Prob Cont.
- It is severe & mortality is very high
- Leads to permanent disability &
crippling
- Leads to discrimination & ostracism
- When it disrupts trade, affects the
economy of nation
- Primarily economically productive
population is affected









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