Social Determinants of Health Practices

Social Determinants Affecting Oral Health of School Children in Hamadan

Background & objectives: Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases and affected by many determinants identified as social inequalities. So, this study explored how social determinants of health had impacts on dental health in school children of Hamadan. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted based on data related to the examination of 14858 students in Hamadan in 2016...

The Social Determinants of Health Related to Diabetes Control–Yazd

Objective: Social determinant of health (SDH) are different from medical care and services. These factors themselves are affected by social policies, and they influence health more than medical care and services do. Due to the importance of chronic non-communicable diseases especially diabetes in Yazd, and assuming the effect of SDH, the present study was conducted in order to examine the relat...

social determinants of INDIGENOUS HEALTH

Social determinants of health inequalities.

The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning volume of research identifies social factors at the root of much of these inequalities in health. Social determinants are relevant to communic...

Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health