Race
Race is a sensitive issue which affects most individuals, and some have experienced it from time to time. Race health disparities from a health perspective is primarily a social construct since poor whites in the United States are faced with the same level of infant mortality rate when compared to other countries despite the huge U.S medical care expenditure. The birth outcomes in any countries are primarily affected by the voter turnout. It may sound crazy, but according to David et al. (2007), the more voter turnout, the lower the levels of mortality rate and vice verse. Besides, when the comparison is carried out between the past and the current generation, it shows that substantial secular change. For example, the low birth weights for black infants in the European nations is not the same as birth weights for infants from current immigrants from Africa. Those two scenarios on the voter turnout and the geographical movement of blacks clearly illustrate that race should be considered a social construct when it comes to health issues.
Reference
David, R. & Collins, J. (2007). Disparities in infant mortality: What’s Genetics Got to Do with it?. Online. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913086/.