Workshop/Workbook 3

Question 1

Social determinants of health (defined by Wilkinson & Marmot)

Answer 1

• The social gradient
• Stress
• Early life
• Work
• Social exclusion
• Unemployment
• Social support
• Addiction
• Food
• Transport

Other social determinants:

• Land
• History
• Racism

Question 2

Determinants of health

Answer 2

• Biological determinants (e.g. genetics, age, body weight, blood pressure etc)
• Health behaviours (e.g. diet, lifestyle, alcohol and drug use etc)
• Environmental determinants: all the physical, chemical and biological factors external to a person (e.g. clean water, safe houses and roads, clean air etc)

Question 3

Definition of social determinants

Answer 3

• Circumstances in which people live, work and grow

- Largely shaped by the distribution of resources and power

Question 4

Difference between “Aboriginal” and “Indigenous”

Answer 4

Indigenous: native; occurring or originating naturally in a certain area
Aboriginal: a term used to describe the Indigenous population of Australia