Resources related to Social Determinants of Health

Wilkinson, Richard G, and M G Marmot. Social Determinants of Health : The Solid Facts. 2nd ed., World Health Organization, 2003. https://intranet.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/98438/e81384.pdf

This book was accessed online to discuss the facts around social determinants of health. In detail, it goes into the ten topics: early childhood, poverty, drugs working conditions, unemployment, social support, food and transportation. Then, it outlines what is being done by current policy, and areas of improvement.

 Pauly, B.(., MacDonald, M., Hancock, T. et al. Reducing health inequities: the contribution of core public health services in BC. BMC Public Health 13, 550 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-550

Discusses improvements in population health and how they can be achieved by promoting health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Discusses the current policy of BC’s Public health services and how they are being reorganized, creating an opportunity to “study the application of an equity lens in public health and the contribution of public health to reducing health inequities.” Discusses the important role of public health in improving action on the social determinants of health and promoting health equity in BC.

Marmot, Michael , and R. Bell. “Fair Society, Healthy Lives.” Public Health, vol. 126, no. 1, Sept. 2012, pp. S4–S10, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2012.05.014.

Introduces the theory of the social gradient of health. Discusses inequalities of health in many countries, demonstrating the presence of a social gradient in health outcomes associated with the unfair distribution of the social determinants of health. Defines the SDoH.