Ways Culture Influences Social Trends

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Ways Culture Influences Social Trends

Health

Canada is focusing on preventative care/health promoion

Reducing harmful behaviours

Smoking

Healthy eating

Obesiety is a rising issue

Canadian health care system

Cost is Expensive

60% of Canadians with health issues have a lower average household income

25% of health care plans are paid through private sources

Geographic Barriers

Those who live in rural areas have have less access to health care facilities.

Body Image

Idividuals do not want others to view them poorly

Dieting

Individuals are influenced by media to diet

Both men and women experience body image issues

Beauty

Deffiniton of beauty changes with time and culture

Adolescents worry about they way others view them

Women take extreme measures in history to look "beautiful"

Plucked hair for higher forehead (England)

Bounded feet to make them smaller (China)

Politics

Some provinces set up courses in schools to educate students about the political process

Voting participation is declining in Canada

Young Canadians (18-24yrs) not voting

Politicians are campaigning through social media to reach out to youth

Twitter, Youtube

Youth feel they have no voice