INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
* Required module for CLINIC-2, Population Medicine Elective, Residents, & Interprofessional Trainees
Time Required for Completion: Approximately 2.5 hours
Learning Objectives:
After completing this module, students will be able to:
1.) Discuss how to assess the health status of populations using available data (e.g., public health surveillance data, vital statistics, registries, surveys, electronic health records and health plan claims data).
2.) Describe the distribution of morbidity and mortality by age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and geography in the United States.
3.) Discuss the role of socioeconomic, environmental, cultural, and other population-level determinants of health on the health status and health care of individuals and populations.
4.) Identify the leading causes of death, leading underlying causes of death, and health disparities in the United States
5.) Apply the Healthy People 2020 Objectives both in assessment of health status and as a component of strategies to improve community health.
Instruction:
1.) Click Here to access the Association of Prevention Teaching & Research presentation, Determinants of Health. (You may want to save this presentation to your desktop for reference in the future.
2.) Watch the following video, The Social Determinants of Health, to learn how University of British Columbia is changing the issues of inequalities in healthcare.
3.) Watch Close the Gap, a video of Sir Michael Marmot, a global guru, as he addresses the social inequities that continue to be the root of poor systemic health.
Assignment:
Access the following website, developed by NCHHSTP Atlas, to compare HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB occurrence between two different states. Form your own perspective about why there are similarities or differences between the two states you've chosen. Think about differences or similarities in the socioeconomic, environmental, cultural, and other population-level determinants of health for the states as you form your perspective.
Go to HealthyPeople.gov by Clicking Here and then click on the "Intervention and Resources" tab. Browse the five domain tabs presented: Economic Stability, Education, Health * Health Care, Neighborhood & Built Environment, or Social * Community Context. Select one of the domains and choose a resource listed. Prepare a short lecture (approx. 10 minutes) that you may use to teach others about something you've learned about in this module.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this module, students will be able to:
1.) Discuss how to assess the health status of populations using available data (e.g., public health surveillance data, vital statistics, registries, surveys, electronic health records and health plan claims data).
2.) Describe the distribution of morbidity and mortality by age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and geography in the United States.
3.) Discuss the role of socioeconomic, environmental, cultural, and other population-level determinants of health on the health status and health care of individuals and populations.
4.) Identify the leading causes of death, leading underlying causes of death, and health disparities in the United States
5.) Apply the Healthy People 2020 Objectives both in assessment of health status and as a component of strategies to improve community health.
Instruction:
1.) Click Here to access the Association of Prevention Teaching & Research presentation, Determinants of Health. (You may want to save this presentation to your desktop for reference in the future.
2.) Watch the following video, The Social Determinants of Health, to learn how University of British Columbia is changing the issues of inequalities in healthcare.
3.) Watch Close the Gap, a video of Sir Michael Marmot, a global guru, as he addresses the social inequities that continue to be the root of poor systemic health.
Assignment:
Access the following website, developed by NCHHSTP Atlas, to compare HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB occurrence between two different states. Form your own perspective about why there are similarities or differences between the two states you've chosen. Think about differences or similarities in the socioeconomic, environmental, cultural, and other population-level determinants of health for the states as you form your perspective.
Go to HealthyPeople.gov by Clicking Here and then click on the "Intervention and Resources" tab. Browse the five domain tabs presented: Economic Stability, Education, Health * Health Care, Neighborhood & Built Environment, or Social * Community Context. Select one of the domains and choose a resource listed. Prepare a short lecture (approx. 10 minutes) that you may use to teach others about something you've learned about in this module.