Socio-Ecological Assessment of Women With Arthritis Public health intervention is one of the critical factors to manage diseases since prevalence of diseases are increasing in the society daily because of the ecological and social problems. Arthritis is one of the health problems associated to different type of joint disorders leading into inflammation of joints. While there are more than 100 different types of arthritis diseases, the most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis that leads to a degenerative joint disease. The pain from the arthritis is from inflammation that occurs in the body joint due to tear of joint, disease in the joint and muscle strain. Several risk factors are associated to arthritis, which includes age, gender, obesity, infection, and occupation. While arthritis increases with age, however, arthritis is common in women than men. Typically, 60% of people suffering from arthritis are women. In the United States, over 52.5 million of adults over 18 years have been diagnosed of arthritis, and over 60% of these people are women.

Objective of this paper is to carry out the socio-ecological assessment of women suffering from arthritis.

Social Determinants affecting Health in Women

The section discusses social determinants affecting the arthritis in women because the arthritis poses a significant problem to the public health based on the disability, and pain. Essentially, many women...

For example, arthritis may prevent increasing number of women to participate in certain categories of occupation, which can consequently affect the economic outcome of the society. Consequently, when there is an increase in number of women suffering from arthritis, the economic costs burden on health-care systems will increase. (Luong, Cleveland, Nyrop, et al.2012).
Moreover, arthritis can affect the educational attainment of women. Since the arthritics can lead to an increase in the economic costs, many women may not be able to afford costs of pursuing their education, which many affect their educational attainments in the society.

It is essential to realize that "lower levels of educational attainment have frequently been associated with the increased prevalence, morbidity and mortality of many chronic diseases." (Luong, Cleveland, Nyrop, et al.2012 p 414).

The disease can also affect the educational, income and occupational attainment of women suffering from arthritics. Although, fewer numbers of women in the United States and other advanced countries do not have formal education, however, prevalence of arthritics among women may prevent increasing number of women to attain a university education or advanced degree. (Institute of Medicine, 2012). The issue can make men to dominate more executive positions than…