2. COURSE OUTLINE
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Lesson 1.
What is determinant (
H Blum model)
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Lesson 2.
Social Determinant of
health
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Lesson 3.
Social aspect of oral
health
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Lesson 4.
Demographic shifts and
dental health
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3. WHAT IS
DETERMINANT ?
The term ‘determinants of health’ was introduced in the 1970s and it
refers to those factors that have a significant influence, whether
positive or negative, on health.
The term should not imply a cause–effect relationship between a risk
factor and a health status.
Health is the result of multiple factors including those genetic,
biological, and lifestyle factors relating to the individual and those
factors relating to the structure of society and its policies
Determinants of health may be biological, behavioral, sociocultural,
economic, and ecological. Broadly, the determinants of health can be
divided into four, core categories: nutrition, lifestyle, environment, and
genetics, which are like four pillars of the foundation. When any one of
the pillars of health determinants becomes weak, a support system is
needed.
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4. WHAT ARE SOCIAL
DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH?
Health is influenced by many factors, which may generally be organized into five
broad categories known as determinants of health:
• Genetics
• Behavior
• Environmental and physical influences
• Medical care
• Social factors.
(These five categories are interconnected.)
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WHAT ARE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH?
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the
conditions in the environments where people are
born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age
that affect a wide range of health, functioning,
and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
6. WHAT ARE SOCIAL
DETERMINANT OF
HEALTH?
Social determinants of health encompasses economic and social conditions that influence the
health of people and communities.
These conditions are shaped by socioeconomic position, which is the amount of money, power,
and resources that people have, all of which are influenced by socioeconomic and political factors
(e.g., policies, culture, and societal values).
An individual’s socioeconomic position can be shaped by various factors such as their education,
occupation, or income.
All of these factors (social determinants) impact the health and well-being of people and the
communities they interact with.
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7. SEVERAL FACTORS RELATED
TO HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE
LISTED :
• How a person develops during the first few years of life
(early childhood development)
• How much education a person obtains and the quality of
that education
• Being able to get and keep a job
• What kind of work a person does
• Having food or being able to get food (food security)
• Having access to health services and the quality of those
services
• Living conditions such as housing status, public safety,
clean water and pollution
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•How much money a person earns (individual income and household
income)
•Social norms and attitudes (discrimination, racism and distrust of
government)
•Residential segregation (physical separation of races/ethnicities into
different neighborhoods)
•Social support
•Language and literacy
•Incarceration
•Culture (general customs and beliefs of a particular group of people)
•Access to mass media and emerging technologies (cell phones,
internet, and social media)
