Question

3. Which is more important, disease that affect children, or disease that affect working-age adults? Explore the meaning of important - and provide an explanation using 2 of the 4 types of importance (social welfare, economic growth, on moral or ethical grounds, or health disparity and equity)

Answer 1

The health and education of parents affects the health and education of their children.Education contributes to the prevention of illness.Malnutrition and disease affect the cognitive development and school performance of the children.Families delay the enrollment in school of a sick or malnourished child.Malnutrition and illness can reduce attendance in school,lowering the childs performance.Malnutrition and illness may decrease mental ability.

Health contributes to peoples ability to be productive and skills they need to be productive .Health status determines success in school and poor health costs a lot of money.