Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities

Flashcards focused on vocabulary and key concepts related to health determinants and inequalities.

Determinants of Health

Multifaceted influences on health, including individual characteristics, lifestyle, and environmental factors.

Health Inequalities

Differences in health status across different population groups, which are considered preventable and unjust.

Social Gradient in Health

A pattern where health improves at each step up the socio-economic ladder.

Socio-economic Status

A measure of an individual's social and economic position relative to others.

Life Course Perspective

An approach emphasizing the long-term effects of exposures during different life stages on later health risks.

Structural Determinants

Socio-economic and political contexts affecting health, including education and the labor market.

Oral Health Inequalities

Disparities in oral health outcomes linked to social class and deprivation.

Proximal Determinants

Factors closely tied to behaviors affecting health, like diet and hygiene.

Ethnicity

A social group defined by cultural and other factors, often self-defined.

Preventable Health Inequalities

Health disparities that can be reduced through targeted interventions in social conditions.

Intermediary Determinants

Pathways through which structural determinants affect health, including material and psychosocial circumstances.

Ageist Attitudes

Negative stereotypes and discrimination against older individuals, impacting their well-being.