Social Determinants of Health Healthy People 2020 aim to increase the quality and life span of all Americans. By setting specific goals in several areas of health, it draws attention to the areas in need of improvement. They reevaluate the progress made every tens years in order to make these changes happen. The overall goal is to achieve a society in which all people live long, healthy lives. One of the areas that Healthy People 2020 aims to improve is social determinants of health, which was designed to create a social and physical environment that promote good health for all. The social environment includes the availability of resources, access to educational and health care services, public safely, social support, and exposure to crime
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The availability of access to social and economic opportunities plays an important role in our health. Within the topic of social determinants, it can be broken into five different key areas. These five key determinants include, economic stability, education, social and community context, health and health care, and neighborhood and built environment. Education is determined by ones literacy and language, high school graduation, and if they are enrolled in higher education. Social and community context are the civic participation that one is involved in. Health and health care is the access and knowledge of health care. Neighborhood and built environment is dependent on the quality of housing, crime and violence and environmental condition. Lastly, Economic stability refers to the availability of resources needed to support …show more content…
et al., 2014). This emphasizes that lack of economic stability negatively affects your life in all aspects, especially health. “Both marginal food security and food insecurity were associated with higher rates of fair/poor health status and hospitalizations” (Sandel, M. et al., 2014). From this, it is obvious that poverty and specifically having food insecurity plays an important role in overall health because it can affect how much and what kind of food they can
The availability of access to social and economic opportunities plays an important role in our health. Within the topic of social determinants, it can be broken into five different key areas. These five key determinants include, economic stability, education, social and community context, health and health care, and neighborhood and built environment. Education is determined by ones literacy and language, high school graduation, and if they are enrolled in higher education. Social and community context are the civic participation that one is involved in. Health and health care is the access and knowledge of health care. Neighborhood and built environment is dependent on the quality of housing, crime and violence and environmental condition. Lastly, Economic stability refers to the availability of resources needed to support …show more content…
et al., 2014). This emphasizes that lack of economic stability negatively affects your life in all aspects, especially health. “Both marginal food security and food insecurity were associated with higher rates of fair/poor health status and hospitalizations” (Sandel, M. et al., 2014). From this, it is obvious that poverty and specifically having food insecurity plays an important role in overall health because it can affect how much and what kind of food they can