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(2) Social Determinants of Health

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Determinants of Health
The range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health stats
What are the five broad categories?
--Policymaking
--Social Determinants (social and physical determinants)
--Health Services
--Individual Behavior
--Biology and Genetics
Health Disparity
Diference in an individual health status that are solely related to which they are born and lived in
Policies (___, ____, and ____) can affect ____ and ____ health
--Local
--State
--Federal
--Individual
--Population
What is an example of a local policy?
Smoking ban in Lex
What is an example of a state policy?
--Seat belt law
--Texting while driving
--Speed limit
--Vaccine law for school-aged children
We do much ___ to impact heath at the federal level than the states do
Less
Social and physical conditions/environment in which people are ____, ____, ___, ____, ___, and age can impact a wide range of health, functioning and quality of life outcomes
--Born
--Live
--Learn
--Play
--Work
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

Availability of ______ to meet daily needs
Resources
What types of resources?
--Educational and Job opportunities
--Living Wages
--Healthful food
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

Social ___ and attitudes such as discrimination
Norms
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

Exposure to crime, ____, and social disorder
Violence
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

Social ____ and social ____
Support and Interactions
If you are alone and have no social support, which is often seen in the elderly -->
You are much more likely to die earlier
Everything is equalized except social support. The person with social support will live ___
Longer
_____ centers and ____ ___ centers can be a positive thing for social interactions
Community
Senior Citizen
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

Exposure to ___ ___ and emerging ____
Mass Media
Technologies

(internet/cell-phones)
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

________ conditions
Socioeconomic
The _____ the gap between the wealthy and the poor in a country, the bigger the health inequality/disparity
Bigger
Social Determinants that affect health depend on the:

Quality _____, _____ options, public safety, and residential segregation
--Schools
--Transportation
The higher our income, usually the greater....
Our access to "healthier" things
Physical determinants include your ____ environment, your ___ environment, your exposure to ____ substances and other physical hazards, and ______ elements
--Natural
--Built
--Toxic
--Aesthetic
What is included in our natural environment?
--Plants
--Weather
--Climate Change
What is included in our built environment?
--Housing
--Homes
--Neighborhoods
--Worksites
--Schools
--Recreational Settings
What are examples of aesthetic elements?
--Good lighting
--Trees
--Benches
Health Services includes the _____, ____, and ____ to the services
--Availability
--Access
--Quality
What are some barriers to accessing health services?
--Cost
--Lack of insurance coverage
--Language Barriers
What can result from lack of access or limited access?
--Inability to get preventative services
--Unmet health needs
--Delays in receiving appropriate care
--Preventable hospitalizations
What is included in individual behavior that determines one's health?
--Diet
--Physical Activity
--Alcohol, Cigarette, and other drug use
--Hand washing/hygiene
--Medication use behavior
One major point of medication use behavior is the ______ to prescribed therapies
Adherence/Compliance
What determinate of Biology and Genetics could influence one's health?
--Age
--Sex
--HIV Status
--Inherited conditions such as CF, SCA, hemophilia
--BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 gene carriers
--Family history of chronic disease such as heart disease
What if a child does not have a "Healthy Child Development"
Child was born and raised in a situation that does not have nurturing. This changes immensely how child copes with stress and even changes how the immune system develops
One of the biggest things that is affecting global health is _______
Health Disparities
Health Disparities
A type of difference in health that is closely linked with social or economic disadvantage
_____ affects groups of people who have systematically experienced greater social or economic obstacles to health
Negatively
Health Inequity
A difference or disparity in health outcomes that is systemic, avoidable, and unjust
Health Equity
When all people have the opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one is disadvantaged because of their social position or other socially determined circumstances
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