GLPH 171 – Module 3: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) –
Complete Notes and Key Concepts
- individual culture
- family envs
- lifestyle factors
- social and community networks - ANS ✔list 4 proximal SDOH
- effects of being in a specific social class or place within a societal social hierarchy
- social inequality across population - ANS ✔list 2 distal SDOH
SDOH - ANS ✔specific features of, and pathways by which, social and societal conditions affect
health and how these can be altered by policy changes or other interventions
• Social relationships and supports
• Social norms
• Social policies
• Societal features
• Political and economic systems - ANS ✔5 general examples of SDOHs
lifestyle factors refer to the behaviours, actions, and lifestyle choices that individuals make that
affect their health
they are choice-based but related to and influenced by the SDOH - ANS ✔difference btw
lifestyle factos and SDOHs
S D O H account for between 30-55 per cent of health outcomes
, sectors outside health contribute to population health outcomes more than sectors within
health - ANS ✔why is it important to consider SDOHs when thinking about population health [2]
culture - ANS ✔shared set of beliefs, ideas, values, and behaviours that forms the basis of a
group's identity
ideology and cosmology - ANS ✔members of a cultural group typically share the same --- and ---
ideology - ANS ✔What we do, and why we do it.
cosmology - ANS ✔How the world works.
vertically and horizontally - ANS ✔2 ways culture may be transmitted
across generations - ANS ✔vertical cultural transmission
through cohorts - ANS ✔horizontal cultural transmission
malleable, dynamic, responsive to external stimuli - ANS ✔3 characterstics of culture
F [there may be numerous cultures within a given ethnicity] - ANS ✔T/F: ethnicity is the same as
culture
F: Culture does not have to engage the active cognition of people in order for it to have an
influence on their lives. it may be passed down w/o ppl relazing its direct effect on their life. -
ANS ✔T/F: culture always influences individuals directly and cognitively
Complete Notes and Key Concepts
- individual culture
- family envs
- lifestyle factors
- social and community networks - ANS ✔list 4 proximal SDOH
- effects of being in a specific social class or place within a societal social hierarchy
- social inequality across population - ANS ✔list 2 distal SDOH
SDOH - ANS ✔specific features of, and pathways by which, social and societal conditions affect
health and how these can be altered by policy changes or other interventions
• Social relationships and supports
• Social norms
• Social policies
• Societal features
• Political and economic systems - ANS ✔5 general examples of SDOHs
lifestyle factors refer to the behaviours, actions, and lifestyle choices that individuals make that
affect their health
they are choice-based but related to and influenced by the SDOH - ANS ✔difference btw
lifestyle factos and SDOHs
S D O H account for between 30-55 per cent of health outcomes
, sectors outside health contribute to population health outcomes more than sectors within
health - ANS ✔why is it important to consider SDOHs when thinking about population health [2]
culture - ANS ✔shared set of beliefs, ideas, values, and behaviours that forms the basis of a
group's identity
ideology and cosmology - ANS ✔members of a cultural group typically share the same --- and ---
ideology - ANS ✔What we do, and why we do it.
cosmology - ANS ✔How the world works.
vertically and horizontally - ANS ✔2 ways culture may be transmitted
across generations - ANS ✔vertical cultural transmission
through cohorts - ANS ✔horizontal cultural transmission
malleable, dynamic, responsive to external stimuli - ANS ✔3 characterstics of culture
F [there may be numerous cultures within a given ethnicity] - ANS ✔T/F: ethnicity is the same as
culture
F: Culture does not have to engage the active cognition of people in order for it to have an
influence on their lives. it may be passed down w/o ppl relazing its direct effect on their life. -
ANS ✔T/F: culture always influences individuals directly and cognitively
