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12 determinants of health
1. income & social status
2. social support networks
3. education & literacy
4. employment/working conditions
5. physical environments
6. biological & genetic endowment
7. individual health practices & coping skills
8. healthy child development
9. health services
10. gender
11. culture
12. social environments
the fair distribution of society’s benefits and responsibilities and their consequences. It focuses on the relative position of one social group in relation to others in society as well as on the root causes of disparities and what can be done to eliminate them
social justice
greatest determinant of health
income & social status
what theories influence social justice in practice
feminist & critical social theories
3 behaviours to avoid (individual health practice & coping skills)
Refers to the act of supporting or recommending a cause or course of action, undertaken on behalf of persons or issues
advocacy
3 conditions for healthy children
1. adequate & equitable income
2. effective parents & families
3. supportive community environments
When nurses stand firm on a point of moral principle or a particular decision about something in the face of overwhelming fear or threat to themselves.
ethical courage
What percentage of populations health status is attributed to quality of available health care services
25%