Posted: July 11th, 2016

5. What are social determinants of health?

social determinants of health

What are social determinants of health? How do social determinant of health contribute to the development of illness? What is a communicable disease chain? Are there steps that a nurse can take to break a link within the communicable disease chain? Give a specific example.

Readings within your text covering international/global health and the following websites will assist you in answering these questions:

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health website: http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/index.htm U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Global Health website: http://www.globalhealth.gov/index.html Families USA – Why Global Health Matters—Here and Abroad website: http://www.familiesusa.org/ World Health Organization (WHO) website: http://www.who.int