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Definitions/ How the SDoH are related to each other
Definitions/ How the SDoH are related to each other
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100

*Definition*

Inequalities in health that are deemed to be unfair or stemming from some form of injustice. Ex: Access to educational opportunities, safe jobs, health care

Health Inequities 

100

*Highlighted in notes as possiblel Short Answer*

The Social Determinants of Health Includes: (10 points)

1) Access to food

2) Access to healthcare

3) Culture

4) Childhood experiences

5) Ethnic background

6) How much money we have

7) How connected we are to our communities

8) Level of education

9) Relationships with family/friends

10) Work

100

Are the economic and social conditions that shape the health of the individuals, communities, and jurisdictions as a whole.

SDoH

100
  • Determines the availability of material and social resources available to the population and the organization and the quality of work and social environments.
  • Illness results from a failure of the social structure to provide individuals with the resources necessary to avoid material and social deprivation, thereby leading to health and other problems.

Social Structure 

100

When did Fredrich Engles Study SDoH?

Mid-1800's

200

*True or False*  *Possible Short Answer*

An individual perspective (approach) limits analysis of health risks to individual biomedical and behavioural risk factors for disease


true 

200

*DAILY DOUBLE* *Possible Short Answer*

We have all heard of the human fight or flight reaction. Which involves 4 physiological systems... List the 4 systems 

1) Sympathetic nervous system 

2) Parasympathetic nervous system 

3) Neuro-Endocrine system 

4) Metabolic system 

200

A generic term used to designate differences, variations and disparities in the health achievements and risk factors of individuals and groups.

Health Inequality 

200
  • Represent means of coping with material and social deprivation effects associated with poor-quality environments.
  • When chosen as a response to the experience of poor-quality social determinants of health, these have the potential to further threaten health, making receipt of additional material and social resources less likely.

Health Behaviours

200

When did Rudolph Virchow identify how health-threatening living conditions were rooted in public policymaking and emphasized politics’ role in promoting health and preventing disease.

1848

300

*True or False*

Evidence supports that those most at risk can change their behaviours by making healthy choices.

False

300

The Criteria used to determine the social determinants of health: (4 points)

1) All SDOH are important to the health of Canadians.

2) All these SDOH are understandable to Canadians.

3) All these SDOH have clear policy relevance to Canadian decision- makers and citizens.

4) All SDOH are especially timely and relevant.


300
  • Stress and autoimmune systems are weakened by accumulated adverse experiences associated with material and social deprivation, lack of control and adequate rewards, and chronic flight or fight reactions.
  • Adverse health outcomes feedback weakens the quality of work, and social and material environments.

Brain

300
  • Shapes work dimensions that promote health and well-being.
  • Also determines the amount of money that results from work, the quality of benefits, and the degree of security.
  • Work environments also shape various psychological and behavioral responses that contribute to health.

Work Environment 

300

What was the year rage for the UK reports that showed how the lowest employment-level groups showed a greater likelihood of a wide range of diseases and premature death from illness or injury at every stage in the life cycle.

 

1980 to 1992

400

Two ways to measure health inequities

1) Mortality Rates (Life expectancy, premature death, infant mortality rates)

2) Morbidity Rates (Presence of Disease, Low birth weight) 

400

The Social Determinants of Health (12 points) 

1) Aboriginal status

2) Early life

3) Education

4) Employment and working conditions.

5) Food security

6) Gender

7) Health care services

8) Housing

9) Income

10) Social safety net

11) Social exclusion

12) Unemployment and employment security

400
  • The degree of social support and quality of social interactions are influenced by the availability of material resources and conditions of everyday life.
  • The lack of these supports weakens the quality of the immediate social environments.

Social Environment 

400
  • Organ impairment results from adverse experiences associated with poor-quality social determinants of health.
  • Degree of economic resources interacts with the availability of health and social services to further contribute to degree of health impairment and health status.

Pathophysiological Changes

400

In what year was the government’s A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians released?

And for Double points List the 4 things this report identified as are determinants of health:

1) 1974

  • Human biology
  • Environment
  • Lifestyle
  • Health care organization
500

*True or False*

Canadians live longer and better than Americans but do not live as long or as well as Swedes.

True 

Sweden ensures its residents are provided with economic and social security, increasing better health outcomes.

500

*Possible Short Answer*

The Individual Approach includes screening for physiological and medical risk factors such as (4 points) 

1) Hypertension

2) Excess weight

3) Cholesterol

4) High blood glucose levels

500
  • The onset of disease and illness interacts with economic and societal supports available to shape the progression of illness and social, work, and other environments.
  • Objective living conditions associated with the onset of illness deteriorate, making positive health outcomes even less likely.

Health Status 

500
  • Experience of control, reward, and status results from differing family, social, and work environments.
  • Experience of stress related to the ability to meet basic needs and the experience of stigmas and exclusion shapes the adoption of coping mechanisms.

Psychological Factors

500

*DAILY DOUBLE* *Possible Short Answer*

Chronic fight or flight can weaken the immune system and disrupts our metabolic and neuroendocrine systems leaving people more susceptible to: (5 points)

1) Diabetes

2) Metabolic disorders

3) Heart disease

4) Kidney failure

5) Immunity to infectious diseases