LibGuides UFV: NURS 101, Evidenced Based Nursing and Evaluating Resources: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Determinants of health are the broad range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors that determine individual and population health. The main determinants of health include:

Income and social status
Employment and working conditions
Education and literacy
Childhood experiences
Physical environments
Social supports and coping skills
Healthy behaviours
Access to health services
Biology and genetic endowment
Gender
Culture
Race / Racism

Social determinants of health refer to a specific group of social and economic factors within the broader determinants of health. These relate to an individual's place in society, such as income, education or employment. Experiences of discrimination, racism and historical trauma are important social determinants of health for certain groups such as Indigenous Peoples, LGBTQ and Black Canadians.

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

When you are trying to find journal articles about this topic you usually need to get more specific. Searching "social determinants of health" is too broad a topic. The books to the side help you get the general idea of what different perspectives can be taken. They should help you focus on what you really are interested in: what group of people interest you (young, old, at-risk youth, substance users), what issue do they face (poverty, lack of education, lack of support), what help can they be given (education, financial support etc.)

To give you an idea of how to make a broad topic smaller take a look at this:

Need to print the Rubric out? Turning a Nursing topic into a Question

[Note: We are working to improve access to our collections and revising our subject headings to be more respectful and inclusive. Please be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions in search results or library materials which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was created and may now be considered offensive.]

Example searches:

poverty diet "first nations"
You may also want to limit to Geography>Canada on the left.
"gender inequality" wellbeing
transgender "sexual health"

Possible Topic Ideas from these Books?

Social determinants of health: the Canadian facts by Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant, Juha Mikkonen and Alexander Raphael
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2020
The primary factors that shape the health of Canadians are not medical treatments or lifestyle choices but rather the living and working conditions they experience. These conditions have come to be known as the social determinants of health. The importance to health of living conditions was established in the mid-1800s and has been enshrined in Canadian government policy documents since the mid-1970s. In fact, Canadian contributions to the social determinants of health concept have been so extensive as to make Canada a “health promotion powerhouse” in the eyes of the international health community. Reports from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Statistics Canada continue to document the importance of the social determinants of health. [From Author]
Bright Futures by American Academy of Pediatrics; Joseph F. Hagan (Editor); Judith S. Shaw (Editor); Paula M. Duncan (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2017-02-28
This essential resource provides key background information and recommendations for themes critical to healthy child development along with well-child supervision standards for 31 age-based visits - from Newborn through 21 years. The result: better health care, more efficient visits, stronger partnerships with children and families, and better ability to keep up with changes in family, communities, and society that affect a child's health.
Social Determinants of Health by Adrian Bonner et al.
Call Number: E-book
This book provides an applied, interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the key social determinants of health, essential at a time of increasing inequalities and reductions in existing NHS services and local authority budgets.A person's health and wellbeing is influenced by a spectrum of socioeconomic, cultural, living and working conditions, social and community networks and lifestyle choices.
Determinants of indigenous peoples' health in Canada : beyond the social
Call Number: WA 300 G75 2015
The health disparities affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada might well be understood as a national epidemic. Although progress has been made in the last decade towards both understanding and ameliorating Indigenous health inequalities, very little research or writing has expanded a social determinants of health framework to account for the unique histories and present realities of Indigenous peoples in this country.
The spirit level : why equality is better for everyone by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Call Number: HM 821 W535 2010A
The end of an era -- Poverty or inequality? -- How inequality gets under the skin --- Community life and social relations -- Mental health and drug use -- Physical health and life expectancy -- Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists -- Educational performance -- Teenage births: recycling deprivation -- Violence: gaining respect -- Imprisonment and punishment -- Social mobility: unequal opportunities --- Dysfunctionial societies -- Our social inheritance -- Equality and sustainability -- Building the future. [From Publisher]
Healing Home: health and homelessness in the life stories of young women by Vanessa Oliver
Call Number: E-book
Applying a strong, articulate, and systemic analysis to on-the-ground narratives, Oliver is able to offer fresh, incisive recommendations for health and social service providers with the potential to effect real-world change for this marginalized population. [From Publisher]

NURS 101, Evidenced Based Nursing and Evaluating Resources

Need help? Ask us!

Book an Appointment with Me

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Possible Topic Ideas from these Books?

Suggested Videos