Social Determinants of Oral Health

Social determinants of health are the circumstances of our environment that include (3)???

Location of birth, home and work
Age
Race, Gender, Ethnicity

___ % of health outcomes due to Social Determinants of Health

80

SDOH Disproportionately Affects Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities (4)????

1. Black, indigenous, Latinx, and other communities of color

2. People with disabilities

3. People of LGBTQIA+ community

4. People living in under-resourced neighborhoods (underserved oral health areas and dental deserts - both urban and rural)

Social determinants of health (5)?????

1. Economic stability

2. Education Access and Quality

3. (Oral) Health Care Access and Quality

4. Neighborhood and Built Environment

5. Social and Community Context

Impact of economic stability?

Economic stability leads to better food and improved affordability of (oral) healthcare

What are the 5 aspects of ecoomic stability"?

1. Income level

2. Employment status

3. Access to nutrional food

4. Housing affordability

5. Finanacial resources for oral health related expenses

Impact of education and access and quality?

language and literacy competency leads to improved (oral) health literacy

What are the 4 aspects of education access and quality?

1. Language

2. Literacy

3. Access to education

   1. Early childhood education

   2. High school graduation rates

4. Access to higher education

Impact of healthcare access and quality?

Access and availability of (oral) health care and insurance improves (oral) health outcomes

What are the 4 aspects of health care access and quality?

1. Access and availibility of healthcare and medical care

2. Insurance coverage

3. Provider availability

4. Provider competence and cultural awareness/ competence

Impact of neighhorhood and built environment?

Transportation to (oral) healthcare and access to healthy foods and environment (fluoride in water) results in improved oral health outcomes.

What are the 5 aspects of neighborhood and built eviornment?

1. housing quality and stability

2. Transportation acess

3. Enviornmental exposures

4. Access to healthy food and water

5. Saftey of neighborhoods

Impact of social and community context?

When basic needs are met, individuals experience lower stress (Maslow's hierarchy of needs met) and can focus on oral hygiene and accessing oral healthcare

What are the 4 aspecdts of social and community context?

1. Social support

2. Discrimination and racisim

3. Civic particpation

4. Family and community dynamics

How is racism a driver of health inequities (5)???

1. Disproportionate exposure to environmental toxins

2. Housing discrimination

3. Job discrimination

4. Lower wages

5. Barriers to access of education and health care services (including oral healthcare)

Children in poverty have ___ times more untreated dental decay!

Five