Section outline

  • Lecture: Multi-level etiologies of health in diverse population, Part 1: Social determinants of health

    Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, including education, wealth, occupation, neighborhood of residence, and the experience of racism. These factors are increasingly recognized as critical upstream influences that drive individual level health, as well as differences in health across groups. This lecture will provide an overview of what is known about the role of social determinants and their relationship to clinical research.

    Faculty:  Salma Shariff-Marco

    Location:      Mission Hall 1406

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 2 social determinants of health Jan16 2018 posted File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

    • WHO Commission SDH - Read Chapter 5 File
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    • Gardners tale File
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    • Massoglia 2008 prison race health File
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    • Braveman Socioeconomic Status File
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    • Assignment:

      Please post answers to the following to the forum before the start of class on January 16th:

      1. Write a paragraph describing the extent to which an socioecological framework incorporating issues related to social determinants has been applied to your area of research. Are there opportunities for improving our understanding of or approach to disparities in your area with a greater emphasis on a socioecological framework?

      2. In the WHO reading, A conceptual framework for action on the structural determinants of health, the authors describe structural stratifiers (e.g. income, education, etc) and intermediary determinants such as material and psychosocial circumstances. Pick 3 of these factors (at least one structural and one intermediary). Explain why you chose the factors (might use Braveman article to provide justification) and describe how each could be an important determinant of a health outcome of your choosing. The association could be reported in published research or it could be your hypothesized relationship. Consider whether how these factors might function over the lifecourse and/or intergenerationally.