Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Social Determinants of Health

The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).

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Abstract

The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Socio-Economic Determinants of Health
  • Socio Economic Determinants of Health
  • Commercial Determinants of Health
  • Structural Determinants of Health

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2014

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  1. I01w.240w.425.756w
  2. N01.224w.425.762w
  3. N01.400w.675w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Determinants of Health. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064890. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064890
  2. Social Determinants of Health. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_determinants_of_health
  3. Social Determinants of Health. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045352