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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Wt* are they?
"The social and economic opportunities along with the resources and supports available in our homes, neighborhoods, and communities
are considered social determinants of health."
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HUH?
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"While the United States spends
more health care dollars on curative, medical care, it spends
less on the social drivers of health, such as supportive housing, education, early
childhood care, public safety, the environment, and
public health practice itself."
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Supportive Housing?
Early Childhood Care?
Maybe Having a Supportive Home?
"People with a history of maltreatment have higher [long term conditions] counts and potentially more complicated management needs reinforcing calls for early intervention." Hanlon et al., 2020
Translate from Science Geek
to Help Me Understand???
Things like lack of ...supportive housing ...supportive caregivers ...early childhood care... ...things like this put us at risk for chronic health problems like heart disease, whatever COVID-19 leaves behind, mental health struggles, ...and a whole bunch of other straws that risk breaking a camel's damned back.
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Social interactions, and the lack thereof, can impact our wellbeing...for better and worse.
Don't Call Me Josephine.
Speaking out about social determinants of health.
Raising awareness.
Testing solutions.
Through Voice.
Unsilenced.
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Starting with respect.
