How have social determinants of health influence non-communicable diseases over the years?
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What are social determinants of health? How do social determinants of health contribute to the development of illness? What is a communicable disease chain? Are there steps that a nurse can take to break a link within the communicable disease chain? Give a specific example.
One weakness of the MDGs was that they neglected non-communicable, chronic diseases. Have the SDGs made any progress in this area? Give examples to support your position. Also, propose or revise a SDG that addresses a non-communicable disease, and justify why you think this SDG is necessary. (Use disease burden, such as DALYs, mortality and morbidity data.)