US Opinions on Health Determinants and Social Policy as Health Policy.

• Autores: Stephanie Robert, Bridget C. Booske
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 101, Nº. 9, 2011, págs. 1655-1663
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • To examine what factors the public thinks are important determinants of health and whether social policy is viewed as health policy, we conducted a national telephone survey of 2791 US adults from November 2008 through February 2009. Respondents said that health behaviors and access to health care have very strong effects on health; they were less likely to report a very strong role for other social and economic factors. Respondents who recognized a stronger role for social determinants of health and who saw social policy as health policy were more likely to be older, women, non-White, and liberal, and to have less education, lower income, and fair/poor health. Increasing public knowledge about social determinants of health and mobilizing less advantaged groups may be useful in addressing broad determinants of health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]