How can health promotion address the ecological determinants of health?

Creating change in government to address the social determinants of health: how can efforts be improved?

BACKGROUND The evidence base for the impact of social determinants of health has been strengthened considerably in the last decade. Increasingly, the public health field is using this as a foundation for arguments and actions to change government policies. The Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, alongside recommendations from the 2010 Marmot Review into health inequalities in the UK (which ...

Moving upstream: how interventions that address the social determinants of health can improve health and reduce disparities.

There is considerable scientific and policy interest in reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare and health status. Currently, much of the policy focus around reducing health disparities has been geared toward improving access, coverage, quality, and the intensity of healthcare. However, health is more a function of lifestyles linked to living and working conditions th...

Getting to the root of the problem: health promotion strategies to address the social determinants of health.

Although extensive research shows that the social determinants of health influence the distribution and course of chronic diseases, there is little programming in public health that addresses the social determinants as a disease prevention strategy. This paper discusses different types of health promotion initiatives and differentiates them based on whether they attempt to impact intermediate (...

HOW CAN FAMILY MEDICINE CONTRIBUTE TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH? The Commission on Social Determinants of Health of WHO launched the report Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health

highly motivated to contribute to the welfare of the poor through a community-oriented approach, the main focus in the early years of family medicine was on the relationship of the physician with the individual patient and his/her family. It was mainly public health programmes that looked at the broader societal context and tried to act at that level. The World Health Organization (WHO) Alma-At...

Health care professionals: opportunities to address social determinants of health.