10 Questions
What are the social determinants of health (SDOH)?
Health promoting factors found in living and working conditions
What shapes the distribution of social determinants of health?
Public policies reflecting prevailing political ideologies
What does the World Health Organization attribute the unequal distribution of health-damaging experiences to?
Toxic combination of poor social policies and unfair economic arrangements
According to the World Health Organization, what influences health more than health care or lifestyle choices?
Social determinants of health
How does the World Health Organization characterize the unequal distribution of health-damaging experiences?
As a product of toxic combination of poor social policies and unfair economic arrangements
What unifies biology as a single, coherent field?
The presence of cells processing hereditary information
What is a major theme in biology that explains the unity and diversity of life?
Evolution
What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
Energy processing
What do biologists study at multiple levels of organization?
From the molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals
How do biologists define subdisciplines within biology?
By the nature of their research questions and the tools that they use
Study Notes
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
- Social determinants of health (SDOH) refer to the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes.
- The distribution of social determinants of health is shaped by various factors, including socioeconomic status, education, occupation, and environment.
World Health Organization (WHO) Perspective
- The WHO attributes the unequal distribution of health-damaging experiences to the unequal distribution of social determinants of health.
- According to the WHO, social determinants of health influence health more than health care or lifestyle choices.
- The WHO characterizes the unequal distribution of health-damaging experiences as unfair and avoidable.
Biology Fundamentals
- Biology is unified as a single, coherent field by the study of evolution.
- A major theme in biology is the explanation of the unity and diversity of life.
- Organisms are able to move, grow, and reproduce due to the presence of cells.
- Biologists study living organisms at multiple levels of organization, including molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecosystem levels.
- Biologists define subdisciplines within biology, such as botany, zoology, and microbiology, based on the type of organism or level of organization being studied.
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