Promoting health and active ageing

Question 1

Social determinants of health?

Answer 1

= social determinants of health can influence older people’s health and social engagement
Unequal distribution of power, income, goods and services globally and nationally cause:
• Poor health of the poor
• Social gradient in health within countries
• Marker health inequities between countries

Question 2

Applying promoting health and active ageing to the community

Answer 2

Allows people to see common concerns throughout the local or public

- Reduction of isolation and alienation 
- Increase in social capital and cooperation

Helps people to work together on those issues  forming or developing a community group

- Supporting each other and planning 	 
- Increase opportunities for activity in community 
- More effective 

Support and develop networking between communities and independent groups across community

 - Learning between groups 
 - More effective voice 
 - Improved conditions 

Promote values of equity, inclusiveness, participation and cooperation throughout this work Increase

 - Participation 
 - Social capital 
 - Collaboration 
 - More equal relations and outcomes for disadvantaged communities

Empower people and their organisations to influence and transform public policies
- Community engagement and influence

Advise and inform public authorities on community perspectives and assist them to strengthen communities and work in partnership
- Increases capacity and agencies, authorities and progressions to engage with communities