Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture : Social Determinants of Health - Readings .docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Everyday we are given advice about how to be healthy: All of the these factors relate to lifestyle, adapting to your social environment. The environment is also called the socio-economic determinants of health. Became mainstream when marc lalonde, the health minister of health and welfare at the time, issued his landmark report, new. General living conditions contribute more to long term health status and mortality rates than lifestyle practices. With this in mind, one could make another list: don"t be poor, pick you parents well, get an education. Most of these things are out of someone"s control. If we want to be healthy, we need a health care system that delivers state of the art sickness care, as well as an environment and culture that supports healthy living. The countries with the best health outcomes and the highest life expectancy have the smallest income gap between the rich and poor. Diverse groups are better with problems that require creative solutions.