social health

Social health is defined as:

  • how a person gets along with other people
  • a person's level of support from people and institutions around them
  • how well a society does at offering every citizen the equal opportunity to obtain access to the goods and services critical to being able to function as a contributing member of society
(noun)

  1. An example of social health is the amount of interaction a person has with their community.
  2. An example of social health for a society is laws and regulations being applied to all citizens equally.
  3. An example of social health is public access to the decision-making processes.
  4. An example of social health is when an individual feels the support offered by being a part of the society, causing him to feel the encouragement to better himself through personal growth such as increased education or the development of a talent.

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