Implications of Social Class for Public Health

This paper will consider three areas in which social class and status have important implications for public health: The differential distribution of disease and consequent evaluations of appropriate foci of public-health interest and activity, and the functioning of interpersonal relations within the health team and between team and public.

Abstract

This paper will consider three areas in which social class and status have important implications for public health: 1) The differential distribution of disease and consequent evaluations of appropriate foci of public-health interest and activity; 2) The functioning of interpersonal relations within the health team and between team and public; 3) The congruence between public-health precepts and felt needs of the public at whom these precepts are directed.