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Canada-0-GEOPHYSICISTS selskapets Kataloger
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- Social determinants of health - World Health Organization (WHO)
The social determinants of health (SDH) are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life
- Child maltreatment - World Health Organization (WHO)
Community and societal factors Characteristics of communities and societies that may increase the risk of child maltreatment include: gender and social inequality; lack of adequate housing or services to support families and institutions; high levels of unemployment or poverty; the easy availability of alcohol and drugs;
- Social determinants of mental health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Good mental health is integral to human health and well being A person’s mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped by various social, economic, and physical environments operating at different stages of life Risk factors for many common mental disorders are heavily associated with social inequalities, whereby the greater the inequality the higher the inequality in risk
- Violence Prevention Alliance Approach - World Health Organization (WHO)
Societal factors influence whether violence is encouraged or inhibited These include economic and social policies that maintain socioeconomic inequalities between people, the availability of weapons, and social and cultural norms such as those around male dominance over women, parental dominance over children and cultural norms that endorse
- Determinants of health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Many factors combine together to affect the health of individuals and communities Whether people are healthy or not, is determined by their circumstances and environment To a large extent, factors such as where we live, the state of our environment, genetics, our income and education level, and our relationships with friends and family all have considerable impacts on health, whereas the
- Alcohol - World Health Organization (WHO)
Societal factors which affect the levels and patterns of alcohol consumption and related problems include cultural and social norms, availability of alcohol, level of economic development, and implementation and enforcement of alcohol policies
- Health literacy - World Health Organization (WHO)
Health literacy is shaped by a wide range of societal factors and is, therefore, not the sole responsibility of individuals to develop and maintain All information providers, including government, civil society and health services should enable access to trustworthy information in a form that is understandable and actionable for all people
- Abuse of older people - World Health Organization (WHO)
Community- and societal-level factors linked to elder abuse may include ageism against older people and certain cultural norms (e g , normalization of violence) Social support and living alone reduce the likelihood of elder abuse (5) Prevention
- Gender and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Societal expectations and norms around “manhood” lead men to engage in risk-taking behaviors; for example, being encouraged to have multiple sexual partners In addition to affecting men’s health, this also leads to negative outcomes for women and children due to increased interpersonal violence, the transmission of sexually transmitted
- Health inequities and their causes - World Health Organization (WHO)
There is ample evidence that social factors, including education, employment status, income level, gender and ethnicity have a marked influence on how healthy a person is In all countries – whether low-, middle- or high-income – there are wide disparities in the health status of different social groups
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