Social Determinants of Health (SDH)
The social determinants of health are the conditions in which
people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health
system. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of
money, power and resources at global, national and local levels,
which are themselves influenced by policy choices. The social
determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities
- the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within
and between countries. (WHO)
Key concepts
The working group on the Social Determinants of
Health prepared as its first task the 2011 seminar of
Be-cause health, which took place on 15 and 16 December at the BTC
in Brussels.
The working group SDH consists of different
institutional members (Cap santé, Médecine pour le Tiers Monde,
Christian Mutuality, Hera, MSF, Sensoa, the ITM, Ghent University)
and individuals (Prof. Yvo Nuyens, Joris Michielsen) and cooperates
with the platforms Belgian
Platform Community Health Insurance and Mutual Health
organisations (MASMUT) and Health and
Solidarity.
World Conference on Social Determinants of
Health
Background Documents
New website gathering experiences with SDH worldwide: www.actionsdh.org