Social Determinents of Health Flashcards
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Social Determinants of Health
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the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, and the systems put in place to deal with
illness as well as life-enhancing resources, such as food supply, housing, economic and social relationships
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Health Disparities
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refers to differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States
