Social Determinants of Health – an introduction

The Social Determinants of Health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and age. They have a large influence on our health. It also determines health inequities, which is the unfair and avoidable health difference between different groups of people In this video we take a look at the social determinants of health..what they are, how it impacts health and a useful framework to understand it.

This video was created by Ranil Appuhamy
Voiceover – James Clark

For more information have a look at these resources:
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/en/
https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/whitehallII

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