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- Many of these health differences are caused by the decision-making processes, policies, social norms and structures which exist at all levels in society. Inequities in health are socially determined, preventing poorer populations from moving up in society and making the most of their potential.
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Explains what is meant by determinants of health , lists the key determinants, discusses evidence based decision making (EBDM), and describes how health status indicators are used.
The Communities in Action report clearly outlines that health inequities are in large part a result of poverty, structural racism, and discrimination, and that disparities based on race and ethnicity are the most persistent and difficult to address.
- 2017
Jan 11, 2017 · As described earlier, structural inequities are produced on the basis of social identity (e.g., race, gender, and sexual orientation), and the social determinants of health are the “terrain” on which the effects play out.
- Alina Baciu, Yamrot Negussie, Amy Geller, James N. Weinstein
- 2017/01/11
- 2017
The social determinants of health (SDH) are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.
Oct 11, 2024 · Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that influence health outcomes, and structural and systemic drivers of health (SSD) are t...
We hypothesize that the addition of structural determinants and root causes will identify racism as a cause of inequities in maternal health outcomes, as many of the social and political structures and policies in the United States were born out of racism, classism, and gender oppression.
Oct 5, 2016 · Social position, as a determinant of health, is most commonly described in neo-Weberian terms whereby an individual’s position is determined by a combination of their places across multiple hierarchies such as income level, occupational position and educational level (Galobardes et al, 2006).
