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Dec 5, 2022 · In this article we summarize the importance of income for health, the safety-net programs that provide financial support to families with low incomes, and the challenges that families face in ...
Society’s inequities along social class, race and ethnicity, and gender lines are reproduced in our health and health care. People from disadvantaged social backgrounds are more likely to become ill, and once they do become ill, inadequate health care makes it more difficult for them to become well.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the social variables that have been researched as inputs to health (the so-called social determinants of health), as well as to describe approaches to their measurement and the empirical evidence linking each variable to health outcomes.
- Lyla M Hernandez, Dan G Blazer
- 2006
- 2006
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.
We summarize current studies related to changes in the conceptualization of social determinants; how social determinants impact mental health; what we have learned from social determinant interventions; and new methods to collect, use and analyze social determinant data.
Apr 29, 2021 · Social determinants of health are an individual’s personal circumstances that impact their health and well-being. For example, they include political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors.
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Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.
