Social Determinants of Health Flashcards
What are the 5 social determinants of health
Economic stability/income, health care, neighborhood/environment, education, social and community context
What are the 3 levels of cause
Distal (not directly related to an individual), intermediate (related to communities, workplaces, schools, or families), and proximal (related to individuals themselves
What are examples of distal causes
Cultural, political, and infrastructural causes
What are examples of intermediate causes
Relationships and social contexts
What are examples of proximal causes
Personal biology, behaviors, capabilities, and/or attitudes
What is minority stress theory
Prejudice and discrimination can cause minority stress and reduce their available coping resources resulting in more negative health outcomes
What is minority stress
Stress that is unique (only minority groups), chronic, and socially-produced (part of social structure and maintained through social interaction)
What is triangulation
Using information from interviews, etc. to identify common themes that lead to stress (e.g. quality of life survey)
What is absolute poverty
Inability to meet basic needs (food, water, shelter, etc.)
What is relative poverty
Views poverty as those living below a minimally accepted standard of living (varies from place to place)
What is the sensitive period model
Childhood development is critical for how people age into adulthood, dealing with nutrition has a large impact
What is the absolute income effect
Concave relationship between individual income and health (more money = more healthcare, etc.)
What is the relative income effect
Social comparison where people on lower incomes feel relatively deprived compared to wealthier people so they are not active because they think they will always be deprived (don’t advocate for better education, where they live, etc.)
What is the contextual effect
A spread in income levels reduces cohesiveness of society (countries will less income disparities have better health because less social isolation)
What social determinant of health has the largest impact on CVD
Unemployment
