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What is Structural Determinants of Health

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Critical Perspectives on Social Justice in Speech-Language Pathology
The root causes of health disparities which include governing processes and economic/social policies that affect income, working conditions, housing, and education, among others.
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The Determinants of Health: Social, Structural, and Political Contributions to Health-Related Outcomes
Molly Jacobs (East Carolina University, USA), Fatima Jebahi (East Carolina University, USA), and Charles Ellis (East Carolina University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7134-7.ch003
Abstract
The determinants of health have received substantial attention in the medical literature as recent evidence has shown that they play in vital role in general health and health-related outcomes. Despite the advancing literature, the field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) has been slow in the both the consideration of the determinants of health as well as the measurement of commonly known determinants believed to influence clinical outcomes. The goal of this chapter is to explore the determinants of health and potential relationship to the study of communication disorders and the outcomes being measured.
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