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Health Disparities - Department of Health and Human Services Definition
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"Differences in health outcomes that are closely linked with social, economic, and environmental disadvantage."
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Health Disparities - Institute of Medicine
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"Systematic, avoidable health differences adversely affecting socially disadvantaged groups."
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Health Disparities can occur between...
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Racial/ethnic groups*
Socioeconomic (income, education) groups*
Gender groups
Age groups
LGBTQI+
Geographic locations
Political groups
Religious groups
Etc......
Socioeconomic (income, education) groups*
Gender groups
Age groups
LGBTQI+
Geographic locations
Political groups
Religious groups
Etc......
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Social Determinants of Health
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Economic Stability, Neighborhood and Physical Environment, Education, Food, Community and Social Context, Health Care System
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Social Determinants of Health - Economic Stability
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Employment, Income, Expenses, Debt, Medical Bills, Support
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Social Determinants of Health - Neighborhood and Physical Environment
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Housing, transportation, safety, parks, playgrounds, walkability
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Social Determinants of Health - Education
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Literacy, language, early childhood education, vocational training, higher education
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Social Determinants of Health - Food
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Hunger, access to healthy options
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Social Determinants of Health - Community and Social Context
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Social Integration, support systems, community engagement, discrimination
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Social Determinants of Health - Health Care System
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Health coverage, provider availability, provider linguistic and cultural competency, quality of care
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Social Determinants of Health - Health Outcomes
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Mortality, morbidity, life expectancy, health care expenditures, health status, functional limitations
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A Biopsychosocial approach to Covid-19 - areas to think about
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Biological(immune,cardiovascular,respiratory systems, gene-environment interactions, etc.)
Psychological(cognitive,emotional,motivational, attitudinal, and behavioral)
Interpersonal (microsystem— direct effects of family, work, peers; mesosystem—interactions among microsystems; exosystem—indirect effects)
Contextual/social/cultural
Centrality or ebb and flow in their level of impact on health (historical and developmental timing)
Psychological(cognitive,emotional,motivational, attitudinal, and behavioral)
Interpersonal (microsystem— direct effects of family, work, peers; mesosystem—interactions among microsystems; exosystem—indirect effects)
Contextual/social/cultural
Centrality or ebb and flow in their level of impact on health (historical and developmental timing)