Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Explain what the “Social Determinants of Health” are and how they affect the health of patients and communities.
• Describe how patients living in poverty face unique challenges in accessing health care services.
• List three health indicators that vary significantly between neighbourhoods in Hamilton.
• List three barriers in our society that may impede reduction or elimination of social inequity and its effects on health.

• Describe the determinants of health and how the differential distribution of these determinants influences health status (health gradient) both within and between populations.
• Plan and advocate for an appropriate course of action at both the individual- and population-level that responds to the diverse factors influencing their health.

Tags

Epidemiology Introduction to Medicine Medical Foundation 1 Part 1 Week 3 Part 1 Week 3 Clinical epidemiology Public health Administration of Effective Health Programs at the Population Level Assessing and Measuring Health Status at the Population Level Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Interventions at the Population Level Population Health, Health Equity and Determinants of Health 1.9 Provide health care services to patients, families, and communities aimed at preventing health problems or maintaining health 2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of what knowledge is, the strengths and limitations of different ways of knowing, and how knowledge is created in historical, cultural and social contexts. 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care. 3.6 Locate, appraise, and incorporate evidence from research related to patients’ health problems and the provision of healthcare 3.8 Obtain and use information about individual patients and their caregivers, populations of patients, or communities with which patients identify to improve care 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 5.3 Demonstrate altruism, appropriately balancing patient needs and self-interest/self-care 5.6 Demonstrate a critical understanding of personal, professional and institutional power and privilege and utilize anti-oppressive practice to create patient experiences where marginalization and oppression are minimized. 6.2 Identify aspects of the healthcare system that serve as barriers and enablers of providing healthcare to and optimizing the health of patients and the population 6.3 Advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems that support patient- and population-centred care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable 6.4 Apply concepts of global health and social medicine to the health of individual patients and populations using the ecology, economy, equity framework 6.8 Participate in identifying system-level gaps and errors and, where appropriate, identify, implement or participate in potential system-level solutions Diversity, Equity, Inclusion [I01.076.201.450.350.500] Environment and Public Health [N06] Epidemiology [H02.403.720.500] Global Health [H02.403.371] Global Health [N01.400.337] Health Equity [N05.300.430.383] Health Status Disparities [N06.850.505.400.425.675] Healthcare Disparities [N05.300.493] Population Health [N01.400.548] Poverty [N01.824.600] Public Health [N01.400.550] Public Health [N06.850] Social Determinants of Health [N01.400.675] Social Medicine [H02.403.800] Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]