OBJECTIVES:

1. List the determinants of health (SDHs)

2. Define health equity

3. Describe how the SDH apply locally (eg, urban Cincinnati, under-resourced patient population) and globally in a LIC setting (eg, Guatemala)

4. Identify resources physician can use to address SDHs during a typical office visit

INSTRUCTIONS:  

Read/view the module component items and then take the short survey.

In addition, student course participants (M4s) must complete a social determinants of health assignment as it relates to Guatemala. You will work as individuals or in pairs/teams to research and present an assigned topic area. Details for this assignment will be discussed on the first day of the course and are found in the separate course module titled Guatemala Social Determinants of Health (Presentation).

MODULE COMPONENTS: 

• Kaiser Family Foundation - Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity

• BMJ Article - Global action on the social determinants of health

• View: The Upstream Doctor

• Module completion reflection link

MODULE EXTRAS:

• Health Starts for All Policy Prescriptions

• Social Determinants of Health Ted Talk Claire Pomeroy (VIDEO)