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The Health Gap - Coggle Diagram
The Health Gap
Recommendations in 6 domains
every child best start to life
edu and life long learning
ensure minimum income to have healthy life for all
Healthy and Sustainable places
Employment and working conditions
Use social determinants of health approach
ALL REQUIRE ACTION OUTSIDE OF HEALTH
5 action steps
edu and training
At every level
See patient from broader perspective
branching to the political context
the health service as employer
balance of effort and rewards
working in partnership
with community, providers, etc
Advocacy
Have a fantasy land of a better life
Social gradient of health
The idea that poorer people have poorer health and people at the top have better health
BUT WHY
Is a reason everyone should care, everyone below the top is affected
What to do
Get doctors involved
Declaration of Oslo to band doctors together for health equity
Network
Social circumstance guards change
Conscience effort to change social circumstance can help
For doctors who care they should give info on risk factors
but this is unlikely to solely change behavior because of social factors
Inequality problems are the root cause, fixing social issues leads to better health
Doctors need to be involved