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The Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
A growing body of knowledge has revealed the profound impact of the social determinants of health―the social, political, and economic factors apart from health care that influence health. The question is no longer if social factors are important influences on health, but rather how social factors operate and how to address them most effectively, efficiently, and equitably.
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities is a comprehensive resource for students and educators to understand the wide-ranging effects of social and political factors, including racism, on individual health. Drawing on Paula Braveman's seminal work in health equity, this volume explains how upstream drivers like law and policy are at the beginning of causal chains influencing health, and in particular how systemic issues like racism are core drivers of health outcomes. Each chapter examines how different social determinants of health―such as income, education, stress, work, and racism―are impacted by upstream social factors and how those factors influence health and health disparities through complex pathways. Chapters also include approaches for future practitioners and policymakers to most effectively activate health-promoting pathways while interrupting health-damaging ones.
Complete with chapter summaries and discussion questions, Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities is the definitive classroom guide to understanding and addressing social disparities in health, particularly racial and socioeconomic disparities.
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities is a comprehensive resource for students and educators to understand the wide-ranging effects of social and political factors, including racism, on individual health. Drawing on Paula Braveman's seminal work in health equity, this volume explains how upstream drivers like law and policy are at the beginning of causal chains influencing health, and in particular how systemic issues like racism are core drivers of health outcomes. Each chapter examines how different social determinants of health―such as income, education, stress, work, and racism―are impacted by upstream social factors and how those factors influence health and health disparities through complex pathways. Chapters also include approaches for future practitioners and policymakers to most effectively activate health-promoting pathways while interrupting health-damaging ones.
Complete with chapter summaries and discussion questions, Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities is the definitive classroom guide to understanding and addressing social disparities in health, particularly racial and socioeconomic disparities.
322 pages, Hardcover
Published January 24, 2023
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March 27, 2025
As of today I officially put down this textbook. I will say it was a long road, filled with trials and tribulations, but a road traveled nonetheless. (This class was mandatory so I quite frankly didn’t have a choice in the matter).
The textbook was fine content-wise. Every chapter repeated itself from previous paragraphs as well as previous chapters. I feel like the whole thing could’ve been summed up in like a 10 page word doc tbh. Social determinants are interesting for sure and it was nice to see everything laid out and explained; however, I feel like most (if not all) of this content wasn’t new to me. As well, the SDOH are still a relatively new area of research so there really wasn’t much to talk about other than the baseline theories.
The format of the textbook is where I have some issues… The whole thing was written in times new Roman 12 pt font and spaced at like 0.5. This textbook was a dyslexic persons NIGHTMARE. Relatively no figures and dense text made this book so difficult to get through even though each chapter was like max 15 pages…
Wasn’t the best wasn’t the worst, it was kinda just there tbh.
The textbook was fine content-wise. Every chapter repeated itself from previous paragraphs as well as previous chapters. I feel like the whole thing could’ve been summed up in like a 10 page word doc tbh. Social determinants are interesting for sure and it was nice to see everything laid out and explained; however, I feel like most (if not all) of this content wasn’t new to me. As well, the SDOH are still a relatively new area of research so there really wasn’t much to talk about other than the baseline theories.
The format of the textbook is where I have some issues… The whole thing was written in times new Roman 12 pt font and spaced at like 0.5. This textbook was a dyslexic persons NIGHTMARE. Relatively no figures and dense text made this book so difficult to get through even though each chapter was like max 15 pages…
Wasn’t the best wasn’t the worst, it was kinda just there tbh.
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