scholarly journals Data Exploration of Social Determinants of Health, Health Access and Quality in a Global Health Setting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Gao ◽  
Christie L Martin ◽  
Michelle Wang ◽  
Matthew Byrne ◽  
Joyce Brettner
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Geographical Region ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Health Communities ◽  
Access And Quality ◽  
Oriented Approach

Diseases have no borders, and global health operates from both within and beyond. Global health informatics can adopt an assets-oriented approach to mitigate concerns by maximizing global health data, principles, and resources combined with geographic information systems’ use case mapping. This exploratory study utilizes an assets-oriented approach to analyze four global social determinants of health indicators, including Skilled Birth Attendance, Measles Immunization Coverage, Education (Female), and the Healthcare Access and Quality Index in relation to countries’ income and geographical region. Data were extracted and analyzed from two publicly available datasets. Positive trends and variations were detected among all variables aggregated by countries’ income category and geographical region. These findings pinpoint potential health assets that the discipline of nursing can leverage to build healthier global health communities.

scholarly journals Global Health with Justice: Controlling the Floodgates of the Upstream Determinants of Health through Evidence-Based Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
John Coggon ◽  
Lawrence O Gostin
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Social ◽  
Georgetown University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Upstream Determinants

Abstract This article introduces a special issue on the legal determinants of health, following the publication of the Lancet–O’Neill Institute of Georgetown University Commission’s report on the subject. We contextualize legal determinants as a significant and vital aspect of the social determinants of health, explain the work of the Lancet–O’Neill Commission and outline where consequent research will usefully be directed. We also introduce the papers that follow in the special issue, which together set out in greater detail the work of the Commission and critically engage with different aspects of the report and the application of its findings and recommendations.

Health promotion

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyne de Leeuw
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
The Social

The ‘Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion’ (1986) remains a benchmark for the global health promotion community, but the context for health promotion has changed with increasing recognition of the significance of inequalities in health. Health promotion is a key strategy to deal with the social determinants of health that create these inequities. Attention has shifted from the mere recognition that all public policies may impact on health to active strategies and actions to move health concerns into all policies. Clinicians are key actors in shaping social and cultural priorities and beliefs: they should be committed to the reduction of health inequity, with health promotion as a core commitment and responsibility.

Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a Systemic Framework for Prioritizing the “Social” in Social Determinants of Health

2022 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Social Connection

There is growing interest in and renewed support for prioritizing social factors in public health both in the USA and globally. While there are multiple widely recognized social determinants of health, indicators of social connectedness (e.g., social capital, social support, social isolation, loneliness) are often noticeably absent from the discourse. This article provides an organizing framework for conceptualizing social connection and summarizes the cumulative evidence supporting its relevance for health, including epidemiological associations, pathways, and biological mechanisms. This evidence points to several implications for prioritizing social connection within solutions across sectors, where public health work, initiatives, and research play a key role in addressing gaps. Therefore, this review proposes a systemic framework for cross-sector action to identify missed opportunities and guide future investigation, intervention, practice, and policy on promoting social connection and health for all. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 43 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Environmental Health Perspectives on the Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases, Geopolitics and Gain of Function Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1298-1303
Author(s):  
Chrysanthus Chukwuma SR
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Gain Of Function ◽  
Health Diplomacy ◽  
The Social

Research and publication are relevant from perspectives in the management of local and global health because disease is perspicuously a geopolitical issue ostensibly linked to gain-of-function research where health diplomacy undergirds present and future global functionalities regarding the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases. These have generated vehement reactions with propensity for extreme geopolitics and gain-of-function natural and anthropogenic activities. Geopolitical parameters and gain-of-function issues impact on the social determinants of health and vice versa. The convening and convergence of countries for unprecedented epidemic or pandemic treaty settings or other formulations to confront emerging and reemerging infectious diseases will afford considerable opportunities concerning challenges in action, preparedness and response. Provisions are pertinent for legal instruments, effective and efficient systems to curb future threats and outbreaks of infectious diseases.

scholarly journals Global Health in Swedish Nursing Curricula: Navigating the Desirable and the Necessary

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9372
Author(s):  
Monne Wihlborg ◽  
Helen Avery
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Structural Competency ◽  
The Social

Global health challenges are likely to be aggravated in the coming years by rapid climate change and environmental degradation. To address the resulting health inequities, nurses need an integrated understanding of environmental and social determinants of health. This study adopts an explorative inductive approach to examine how global health and sustainability are expressed the course syllabi of undergraduate nursing programmes (n = 24) in Sweden. After excluding biomedical and other unrelated content, 67 syllabi were selected for a thematic analysis. Results indicate that global health, the social determinants of health and sustainability tend to appear in a fragmented manner in the syllabi. Global health content is often limited, relegated to elective courses, or altogether missing. A theoretical framework is lacking, and focus lies on an individual rather than structural perspective. Based on international policy, earlier studies on undergraduate nursing education and theoretical work, suggestions are made for how global health and sustainability content could be integrated into nursing education, notably by using a structural competency approach.

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