Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture 7: Week 7

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

Viner et al. , 2012: introduction draws on policies documents made by un. The strongest determinants of health worldwide are structural factors: national wealth, income inequality, access to education. Thus, most effective interventions are those designed to address structural factors. Health is about so much more than disease and bodily states of illness/well-being. The transition in adolescent health research from primarily risk-based approaches to those that include other determinants, including resilience. To review determinants of health among youth from un studies and combine these insights with more general life-course/sdh models to generate new ideas about. Sdh for adolescents: use who conceptual framework on sdh to identify the 2 main levels at which determinants operate: structural & proximal. Structural determinants: systems and opportunities four main categories: national wealth and income inequality. Greater national wealth improves health outcomes among adolescents the wealthier the nation the healthier the young people this doesn"t mean all young people have access to the right things.