3.1 Determinants of Health Flashcards
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Broad Categories of Determinants of Health
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- Health policies and interventions
- Access to quality healthcare
- Social and environmental factors
- Individual behavior and genetics
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Social Determinants of Health
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- Education Access and Quality
- Healthcare and Quality
- Neighborhood and Build Environment
- Social and Community Context
- Economic Stability
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Education Access and Quality
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- Literacy
- Language
- Early-childhood education
- Vocational training
- Higher education
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Healthcare and Quality
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- Health Coverage
- Provider Availability
- Provider linguistics and cultural competency
- Quality of care
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Neighborhood and Built Environment
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- Housing
- Transportation
- Safety
- Playgrounds
- Walkability
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Social and Community Context
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- Social Integration
- Support Systems
- Community Engagement
- Discrimination
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Economic Stability
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- Employment
- Income
- Expenses
- Debt
- Medical Bills
- Support
- Hunger
- Access to healthy food options
8
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Social Gradient of Health
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- Mortality increases as socioeconomic class declines
- The assumption is less stress as socioeconomic class goes up
9
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Health Disparities
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- Exist based on race, ethnic group, geographic area, place of birth, gender, age, income, education, occupation, health insurance coverage, sexual orientation, disability, cultural/linguistic barriers to care.
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3 Statistics used to identify health disparities
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- Incidence (number of new cases)
- Mortality (number of deaths)
- Survival rates (length of survival following diagnosis)
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Health disparities inside the healthcare system
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- Lack of insurance coverage
- Quality of health insurance
- Availability of trained providers and facilities
- Ineffective provider-patient communication
- Fragmentation and lack of follow-up care
- Language and cultural barriers
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Health disparities outside the Healthcare System
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- Age, Gender, Education level
- Socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity
- Transportation barriers
- Problem taking off work, long waits for appointments, childcare issues.
- Lack of knowledge of appropriate healthcare
- Cultural beliefs that interfere with seeking care
- Lack of trust in healthcare providers and systems
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Health Equity
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- All people have the opportunity to attain full health potential
- No one is at a disadvantage due to their social position or socially determined circumstances
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Health Inequality
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- Differences, variations, and disparities in health achievements of individual groups of people.
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Health inequity
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- Difference in health outcomes that is systemic, avoidable and unjust.
