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Health and Public Health

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Description

This training focuses on the broader determinants of health, emphasizing how social and environmental factors like housing quality, socioeconomic status, and geographic location can significantly impact health outcomes. It also highlights the importance of addressing social inequities to reduce health disparities.

Target Audience

This training video will be helpful to healthcare professionals, policymakers, community health workers, and educators seeking to understand the broader determinants of health and how to address health inequities.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this training, you will be able to:

  1. Identify key determinants of health beyond medical care and lifestyle choices.
  2. Explain how factors like housing quality and geographic location affect population health.
  3. Recognize the groups most impacted by health inequities and the policies designed to support them.
  4. Advocate for strategies to reduce social and material inequities to improve overall health outcomes.

 

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