SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
COMPARATIVE APPROACH DAVIDSON
COMPLETE CONCEPT REVIEW
◉ What are social determinants shaped by?
Answer: distribution of resources • Ultimately responsible for health
disparities
◉ What are examples resources of social determinants?
Answer: Safe and affordable housing • Access to education •
Availability of healthy foods, local emergency/health services, and
environments free of life-threatening toxins
◉ What are the five key areas of SDOH developed by Healthy People
2020?
Answer: Economic Stability • Education • Social and Community
Context • Health and Health Care • Neighborhood and Built
Environment
◉ What are examples of health Disparities/Inequalities?
Answer: Differences in health that are avoidable and unjust
Socioeconomic status • Racial/ethnic • Age • Life stage • Gender •
Geography • Sexual orientation
, ◉ What are Examples of CDC Programs Addressing SDOH?
Answer: • Built Environment and Health Initiative: Designing and
Building Healthy Places • Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Program • The National Program to Eliminate Diabetes-Related
Disparities in Vulnerable Populations • Racial and Ethnic
Approaches to Community Health (REACH) • STRYVE: Striving To
Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere
◉ What are Political Determinants of Health?
Answer: Determinants of health that are dependent on the action of
local, national and international laws and legislation
◉ What are examples of PDOH?
Answer: Access to Care • Medication Prices • Reproductive and
Women's Health • Gun Violence • Response to Natural Disaster
◉ Is Health Still Improving in the US?
Answer: More or less, but . . . • Great variation by condition • Large
disparities • Life span vs. health span • Differences by age •
Demographic changes
◉ Is mortality the best measure?
COMPARATIVE APPROACH DAVIDSON
COMPLETE CONCEPT REVIEW
◉ What are social determinants shaped by?
Answer: distribution of resources • Ultimately responsible for health
disparities
◉ What are examples resources of social determinants?
Answer: Safe and affordable housing • Access to education •
Availability of healthy foods, local emergency/health services, and
environments free of life-threatening toxins
◉ What are the five key areas of SDOH developed by Healthy People
2020?
Answer: Economic Stability • Education • Social and Community
Context • Health and Health Care • Neighborhood and Built
Environment
◉ What are examples of health Disparities/Inequalities?
Answer: Differences in health that are avoidable and unjust
Socioeconomic status • Racial/ethnic • Age • Life stage • Gender •
Geography • Sexual orientation
, ◉ What are Examples of CDC Programs Addressing SDOH?
Answer: • Built Environment and Health Initiative: Designing and
Building Healthy Places • Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Program • The National Program to Eliminate Diabetes-Related
Disparities in Vulnerable Populations • Racial and Ethnic
Approaches to Community Health (REACH) • STRYVE: Striving To
Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere
◉ What are Political Determinants of Health?
Answer: Determinants of health that are dependent on the action of
local, national and international laws and legislation
◉ What are examples of PDOH?
Answer: Access to Care • Medication Prices • Reproductive and
Women's Health • Gun Violence • Response to Natural Disaster
◉ Is Health Still Improving in the US?
Answer: More or less, but . . . • Great variation by condition • Large
disparities • Life span vs. health span • Differences by age •
Demographic changes
◉ Is mortality the best measure?
