THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION; RATED A+
What are the 12 social determinants of health?
1. income and social status
2. Social support networks
3. Education and literacy
4. Employment/working conditions
5. Social environments
6. Physical environments
7.Personal health practices and coping skills
8. Healthy childhood development
9. Biology and genetic environment
10. Health services
11. gender
12. culture
Why do we study SDoH?
to further understand:
-What are society factors that shape health and explain health inequalities
-What are societal factors that shape the quality of the society factors
5 things involved in current state of SDoH
1. empirical evidence
2. understanding mechanisms and pathways
3. role in life-course perspectives
4. role in policies related to SDoH science
5. role of political ideology
Canada Health Act?
Federal Documentation. Ensures everyone has access to health care
What are the 5 criteria for CHA
public administration
comprehensiveness
universality
portability
accessibility
What does public administration mean?
non-profit and public
What does comprehensiveness mean?
, What is covered? Medically necessary services
What does universality mean?
who is covered?
What does portability mean?
Where am I covered?
What does Accessibility mean?
When am I covered?
What type of health care does Canada have?
predominantly publicly financed health care system that provides universal coverage
Where does the money come from?
Citizens (taxes), Federal Government (CHT), Provinces/territories (program and services payments)
What happened in 1947 in Saskatchewan
first place to have public health insurance
What happened in 1961
All provinces and territories had public health insurance
What happened in 1962
Saskatchewan gave health insurance for outside doctors
What happened in 1972
All provinces and territories had insurance for doctors outside hospitals
What happened in 1974?
Lelonde report (white report)
What does did the Lelonde report state?
Government was spending too much money on curing illnesses rather then preventing them
--> education, literacy, environment, health care, and biological factors
What happened in 1989?
Ottawa charter
Ottawa charter?
income education and physical environments
--> added onto those of lalondes
LATEST VERSION; RATED A+
What are the 12 social determinants of health?
1. income and social status
2. Social support networks
3. Education and literacy
4. Employment/working conditions
5. Social environments
6. Physical environments
7.Personal health practices and coping skills
8. Healthy childhood development
9. Biology and genetic environment
10. Health services
11. gender
12. culture
Why do we study SDoH?
to further understand:
-What are society factors that shape health and explain health inequalities
-What are societal factors that shape the quality of the society factors
5 things involved in current state of SDoH
1. empirical evidence
2. understanding mechanisms and pathways
3. role in life-course perspectives
4. role in policies related to SDoH science
5. role of political ideology
Canada Health Act?
Federal Documentation. Ensures everyone has access to health care
What are the 5 criteria for CHA
public administration
comprehensiveness
universality
portability
accessibility
What does public administration mean?
non-profit and public
What does comprehensiveness mean?
, What is covered? Medically necessary services
What does universality mean?
who is covered?
What does portability mean?
Where am I covered?
What does Accessibility mean?
When am I covered?
What type of health care does Canada have?
predominantly publicly financed health care system that provides universal coverage
Where does the money come from?
Citizens (taxes), Federal Government (CHT), Provinces/territories (program and services payments)
What happened in 1947 in Saskatchewan
first place to have public health insurance
What happened in 1961
All provinces and territories had public health insurance
What happened in 1962
Saskatchewan gave health insurance for outside doctors
What happened in 1972
All provinces and territories had insurance for doctors outside hospitals
What happened in 1974?
Lelonde report (white report)
What does did the Lelonde report state?
Government was spending too much money on curing illnesses rather then preventing them
--> education, literacy, environment, health care, and biological factors
What happened in 1989?
Ottawa charter
Ottawa charter?
income education and physical environments
--> added onto those of lalondes
