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Structural determinants

Let’s talk determinants of health and opportunities for public health action

What are the factors that influence health? And, what are the opportunities for integrated, networked public health action at multiple levels? In this webinar, Pemma Muzumdar and Jonathan Heller, authors of “Let’s Talk: Determinants of Health”, will explore these questions and more, and reflect on the wider forces and systems that interact with the conditions of daily life.

Public health action to transform food systems and advance food justice

This webinar will explore the connections between food systems and health inequities and provide action steps for the public health community to advance food justice. Through an overview of core concepts and illustrative examples, attendees will be equipped with a deeper understanding of food systems and strategies to advance food justice at different scales.

Defining equity, its determinants, and the foundations of equity science

Responding to inconsistent and vague interpretations of equity, the authors of this article make a strong case for equity science as a new approach to meaningfully reduce health inequities. This applied science focuses action on what the authors refer to as the determinants of equity.

The determinants of health: A curated list

This curated resource list highlights resources that support a broad understanding of how various factors that influence health have been conceptualized. The selected documents complement the NCCDH resource Let’s Talk: Determinants of health.

Roots of health inequity [Online course]

This web-based course for the public health workforce, is hosted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials and explores the underlying causes of social injustice and health inequity, and public health’s role in building healthier communities by addressing those root causes.