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According to the World Health Organization the social determinants of health are....
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Mostly responsible for health inequities- the unfair and avoidable differences in health states within between countries
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Geographical disparities in health
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Is the differences between different geographical areas
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Gender inequity in health
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Is the systematic differences in health between men and women determined economically, socially, or culturally (NOT biologically or physiologically)
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Ethnic inequalities in health
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Is the difference between ethnic groups
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health
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Is based on social, economic, political, cultural, linguistic and others
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What is health equity
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Is NOT giving everyone the same resources
Is distributing resources based on individual and community need
Gives all individuals the opportunity to achieve the highest level of health outcomes
Is distributing resources based on individual and community need
Gives all individuals the opportunity to achieve the highest level of health outcomes
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What are the social determinants of health?
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conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age And the systems put in place to deal with illness
It's also the conditions in which people live and die are in turn shaped by political social and economic forces
It's also the conditions in which people live and die are in turn shaped by political social and economic forces
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What factors determine health
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Socioeconomic and physical environment
Genetic characteristics are less significant
Genetic characteristics are less significant
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Facts about SDOH
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20% of a persons health is related to access to care and quality of service
80% is the physical environment and social determinants and behavioural factors
80% is the physical environment and social determinants and behavioural factors
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What are the 2 categories of social determinants
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Structural- fundamental structures of social hierarchy
Intermediate- socially determined conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age
Intermediate- socially determined conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age
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health disparities
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differences in health outcomes among groups
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health inequities
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inequalities that are avoidable, unfair, and unjust (social determinants)
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What is the biggest factor that affects health
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Socioeconomic factors (poverty, education, housing, inequality)
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2 ways of a dressing the social determinants of health
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Life course approach
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Social gradient
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Social gradient
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What is the life course approach
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The life course perspective looks at the peoples lives and the structural context in which they live over the course of their life
Should be used to understand the context of patients lives and is an effect way to plan partnerships and action on social determinants of health appropriately
With a focus on the early years as a key time to intervene
Should be used to understand the context of patients lives and is an effect way to plan partnerships and action on social determinants of health appropriately
With a focus on the early years as a key time to intervene
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What is the social gradient approach
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Completely eliminating the social gradient in health and well-being is unlikely but it is possible to have a shallower social gradient than is currently the case
Everybody is affected by health inequality including health professionals. Actions to improve the social determinants of health will benefit everybody
Everybody is affected by health inequality including health professionals. Actions to improve the social determinants of health will benefit everybody