WEEK5

Learning contents

1. The Social Determinants of Health

1. Define "social determinant"
2. Understand the link between social determinants and human health
3. Understand the interconnectedness of social determinants

3 recommendations by CSDH to improve SDoHs

1) improve daily living conditions

2) tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources

3) measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action

Key concepts:

• Addressing SDoH helps to elucidate the causes of disease/loss in health in our society

For example, we can continue to only treat the rising burden of diabetes and heart disease (which of course is still an important social investment).

OR

We can also address issues such as:

•The lack of education around prevention

•Rising mental health burden caused by economic and social hardships and

•Tackle unaffordable housing and health care

 

• This approach to addressing SDoH is called "looking upstream". By finding the root cause of disease we can have:

•Downstream advantages

•Less health care needs/reduce burden

 

 

2. Examples of SDoH and Health Outcomes

<Access to health services>

accessability (location/space), appropiate (fit with need), affordable (cost)

The 12 SDoH for this course:

•Gender (not sex)

•Ethnicity

•Religion

•Minority group membership (e.g., linked with sexuality)

•Education

•Employment and occupation

•Income

•Social support including family

•Community resources

•Living conditions - housing

•Access to health services

•Food security

 

 

 

3. Week 5 LC PowerPoint

4. Additional Videos

Gender equality and health

https://youtu.be/L98_NaNIzGc

 

 women can involved in more decision making policies

 

 

Underprivileged vs Affluent life course

https://youtu.be/u7qtRvjGPZg

 

Sir Michael Marmot and SDoH

https://youtu.be/h-2bf205upQ

Social Determinants of Health: Claire Pomeroy at TEDxUCDavis

https://youtu.be/qykD-2AXKIU

 

Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level, talks about income inequality

https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson_how_economic_inequality_harms_societies?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

How economic inequality harms societies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning activitie (하나도 안읽음, 학교 홈피에 퀴즐렛있음)

 

1. Required Readings

Linking SES and health - The Childhood Roots of Cardiovascular Disease Disparities:

The Childhood Roots of Cardiovascular Disease Disparities.pdf

0.27MB

The Solid Facts (click the image below):

The Solid Facts pdf.pdf

0.46MB

 

2. WHO: The Social Determinants of Health

 

WHO site on the determinants of health:

https://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/#:~:text=The%20social%20determinants%20of%20health%20(SDH)%20are%20the%20conditions%20in,the%20conditions%20of%20daily%20life.

 

WHO Closing the gap in a generation:

https://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/closethegap_how/en/