{"id":618,"date":"2013-08-21T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2025-09-23T00:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:53:44","slug":"dh-2-1-social-determinants-of-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/dh-2-1-social-determinants-of-health\/","title":{"rendered":"DH 2.1 Social determinants of health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Consider this…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At age 25, Aliya has four children aged seven and under. Aliya dropped out of school in Grade 10 because she was pregnant. She was a strong student up until that time…<\/span> Read more<\/a> <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Keeping in mind that these scenarios are simplistic and fictional, what are the factors that are working for and against each family?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are some of the factors social determinants?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does society have a responsibility to support these families and, if so, what kinds of policies and programs might be helpful or protective?<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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The concept of social determinants of health was introduced in the overview section of this module. On this page, we will consider some of the research related to social determinants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A useful example of a very large and ongoing population study is the British Birth Cohort Study, which is following everyone who was born in Britain in the first week of March in 1958. The study allows us to look back and see, on a large scale, how populations develop over time. The study finds that physical, social-emotional and cognitive development in childhood is associated with outcomes in later life. In the next clip, Dr. Clyde Hertzman discusses these findings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n VIEW<\/span>\n Hertzman – British Birth Cohort Study (2:15)<\/span>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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