SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Based on your knowledge of health care disparities and other social issues that you may discover in researching question, how do you think poverty, education, employment opportunities, social bias or prejudice, and other factors influence the disparity issues? If there are more factors involved than just access to insurance plans, how can nurses be part of more comprehensive solutions, based on knowledge gained in this class so far? This question incorporates some information from the field of public health, given that there may be other factors in addition to access to insurance coverage that lead to disparities. The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health is committeed to investigating disparities worldwide, given global interests in health. [unique_solution]WHO reminds us that: The determinants include unemployment, unsafe workplaces, urban slums, globalization and lack of access to health systems. http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/ Global health issues in the US http://cdc.gov/ CDC vital signs (USA health statistics) https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/index.htmlBased on your knowledge of health care disparities and other social issues that you may discover in researching question, how do you think poverty, education, employment opportunities, social bias or prejudice, and other factors influence the disparity issues? If there are more factors involved than just access to insurance plans, how can nurses be part of more comprehensive solutions, based on knowledge gained in this class so far? This question incorporates some information from the field of public health, given that there may be other factors in addition to access to insurance coverage that lead to disparities. The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health is committeed to investigating disparities worldwide, given global interests in health. WHO reminds us that: The determinants include unemployment, unsafe workplaces, urban slums, globalization and lack of access to health systems. http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/ Global health issues in the US http://cdc.gov/ CDC vital signs (USA health statistics) https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/index.html