THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION; RATED A+
Lalonde Report (1974)
- A new perspective on the health of Canadians
- concept of health field
- 2 main objectives:
-health care system, the prevention of health problems and the promotion of good health
Lalonde framework (1974)
-human biology
-environmental
-healthcare organization
-Lifestyle
Lalonde criticism
- criticized for victim blaming as it blamed the individuals for not being healthy
Epp Report (1986)
- achieving health for all: a framework for health promotion
Challenges of the Epp Report
- reducing inequalities
- improving prevention
- enhancing coping
Ottawa Charter 1986
-support a socioeconomic approach
- Five factors of health: peace, shelter, education, food income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable
resources social justice and equity
- responsibility of health placed on society
Determinants of health in Canada
- emphasis through the population health approach
- initiated by the Canadian institute of advanced research
Who endorses the determinants of health?
- federal, provincial and territorial ministers of health in the report: Strategies for health promotion:
investigating the health of Canadians, 1994
Key determinants of health as per strategies of health promotion: investigating in the health of
Canadians, 1994
, -social status
-social support networks
- education and literacy
- employment and working conditions
- physical environments
- biology health practices and coping skills
- healthy child development
- health services
Other key Determinants added
- added by Health Canada, 1996
- Gender
- Culture and Social Environment
Social Determinants of Health
- York University conference (Toronto, 2002)
- early childhood development
-education
-employment and working conditions
-food security
-gender
-health care services
-housing
-income and income distribution social exclusion
-social safety net
- unemployment and job security
Mikohn and Raphael SODH (2010)
-the primary factors that shape the health of Canadians are not medical treatments or lifestyle but
rather the living conditions they experience
Dunn and Hayes SODH (1999)
the health of a population is measured by health status indicators and is influenced by social, economic,
and physical environments; personal health practices; individual capacity and coping skills; human
biology; early; childhood development; health services
Socioeconomic status or social class
is the strongest and most consistent predictor of a person's health and life expectancy throughout the
world
Components of Social Class
group of people that have the same amount of wealth, status and power
Basic 3-class scheme
LATEST VERSION; RATED A+
Lalonde Report (1974)
- A new perspective on the health of Canadians
- concept of health field
- 2 main objectives:
-health care system, the prevention of health problems and the promotion of good health
Lalonde framework (1974)
-human biology
-environmental
-healthcare organization
-Lifestyle
Lalonde criticism
- criticized for victim blaming as it blamed the individuals for not being healthy
Epp Report (1986)
- achieving health for all: a framework for health promotion
Challenges of the Epp Report
- reducing inequalities
- improving prevention
- enhancing coping
Ottawa Charter 1986
-support a socioeconomic approach
- Five factors of health: peace, shelter, education, food income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable
resources social justice and equity
- responsibility of health placed on society
Determinants of health in Canada
- emphasis through the population health approach
- initiated by the Canadian institute of advanced research
Who endorses the determinants of health?
- federal, provincial and territorial ministers of health in the report: Strategies for health promotion:
investigating the health of Canadians, 1994
Key determinants of health as per strategies of health promotion: investigating in the health of
Canadians, 1994
, -social status
-social support networks
- education and literacy
- employment and working conditions
- physical environments
- biology health practices and coping skills
- healthy child development
- health services
Other key Determinants added
- added by Health Canada, 1996
- Gender
- Culture and Social Environment
Social Determinants of Health
- York University conference (Toronto, 2002)
- early childhood development
-education
-employment and working conditions
-food security
-gender
-health care services
-housing
-income and income distribution social exclusion
-social safety net
- unemployment and job security
Mikohn and Raphael SODH (2010)
-the primary factors that shape the health of Canadians are not medical treatments or lifestyle but
rather the living conditions they experience
Dunn and Hayes SODH (1999)
the health of a population is measured by health status indicators and is influenced by social, economic,
and physical environments; personal health practices; individual capacity and coping skills; human
biology; early; childhood development; health services
Socioeconomic status or social class
is the strongest and most consistent predictor of a person's health and life expectancy throughout the
world
Components of Social Class
group of people that have the same amount of wealth, status and power
Basic 3-class scheme
