many of the societal level factors that affect health – the ‘social determinants of health (sdh)’ – exist outside the health sector, across diverse portfolios of government, and other major institutions including non-governmental organisations (ngos) and the private sector. this has created growing interest in how to create and implement public policies which will drive better and fairer health...

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social determinants, similar to equity, have been considered by policymakers in many countries. however, there is not a correct and complete understanding of them. this study aimed to analyze the systematic relationships among social determinants of health (sdh) and identify their prioritization in iran.this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2012. the target populati...

background health is a complex phenomenon and equity as a basic human right an integral part of constitutions in almost all countries in the world. in republic of macedonia (rm), tuberculosis (tb) is clustered regionally and in certain ethnic groups. the main objective of this study was to analyze social determinants of health (sdh) and equity in access to healthcare services for tb patients in...

introduction among the available data provided by health information systems, data on mortality are commonly used both as health inequality indicators and also socioeconomic development indices. mortality rates and life expectancy are considered as the key components of the health inequalities worldwide. till now, socioeconomic inequalities in total life expectancy have been mostly well documen...

in this commentary, we endorse concerns about the health impact of the trans-pacific partnership (tpp), paying particular attention to its mechanisms for investor state dispute settlement. we then describe the different, judgeled approach being advocated by the european commission team negotiating the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnership, arguing that, while not perfect, it offers si...

inequalities in the social determinants of health (sdh), which drive avoidable health disparities between different individuals or groups, is a major concern for a number of international organisations, including the world health organization (who). despite this, the pathways to changing inequalities in the sdh remain elusive. the methodologies and concepts within system science are now viewed ...

background : many studies have been conducted in iran in order to investigate the status of social determinants of health (sdh) and their associations with health indicators. this study aimed to review the iranian studies conducted on sdh. methods : a systematic review of all iranian persian and english languages articles published between 2005 and 2014 on the sdh was conducted using the search...

BACKGROUND Upstream social determinants of health (SDH) have become widely acknowledged as lying at the root of poor health outcomes in Canada and globally. The Commission on the Social Determinants of Health maintains that educating the public about the SDH is a key step towards population health equity. Little is known about adolescent perceptions of the determinants of health. Curriculum in ...

A large literature concurs that social determinants of health (SDH) are demonstrable, important, and insufficiently attended to in policy and practice. A resulting priority for research should be to determine how the social determinants of health can best be addressed. In this paper we support the more effective transfer of social determinants research into policy by: (1) describing a qualitati...