1.2 Determinants of Health Workshop Flashcards
Equity vs Equality
- All patients get the same treatment with the same support vs the same treatment is altered to make it more specific for each patient
Health inequalities
Avoidable health inequities between countries or community of people
Health equity
All individuals have the right to fair opportunity to attain full health potential
Determinants of health categories
- Biomedical risk factors
- Behavioural risk factors
- Social determinants
Social determinants
Conditions of socioeconomic nature that are influenced by a person’s birth, financial status, power and resources distribution etc.
Levels of cause
- Proximal - Individual factors such as behaviours
- Intermediate - Social and community factors
- Distal - Socioeconomic or cultural factors
What is the primary measure of quantity in health discussions?
Equality
What do health inequalities refer to?
Measurable differences in health aspects
When does equality work effectively in health contexts?
If everyone starts from the same place
What is equity concerned with in health?
Justice
What do health inequities refer to?
Unfair and avoidable differences in health
Who defined health inequities in 2008?
WHO
What is health equity?
Fair opportunity to attain full health potential
How should resources be allocated according to equity principles?
Proportional to individual needs
What are the determinants of health categorized into?
Biomedical risk factors & individual lifestyle factors (proximal)
Social & community networks (intermediate)
Broad social determinants (distal)
