What are the six social determinants of health according to Marmot?
conditions of birth and early childhood, education, work, the social circumstances of elders, collection of elements of communityresilience, and redistributionofwealth and income in order to ensure socialandeconomicsecurity and equity
Galea has cataloged social determinants at a somewhat finer grain, calling out, for example, gun violence, loneliness, environmental toxins, and a dozen more causes.
One common metaphor for social and health disparities is the “subway map” view of life expectancy, showing the expected life span of people who reside in the neighborhood of a train or subway stop
Today, everywhere, as the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests make clear yet again, deep structural racism continues its chronic, destructive work.
