Planetary health benefits from strengthening health workforce education on the social determinants of health.

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dc.contributor.authorValentine, N.
dc.contributor.authorAjuebor, O.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, J.
dc.contributor.authorBodenmann, P.
dc.contributor.authorBaum, F.
dc.contributor.authorRasanathan, K.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSocial inequalities are perpetuating unhealthy living and working conditions and behaviours. These causes are commonly called ‘the social determinants of health’. Social inequalities are also impacting climate change and vice-versa, which, is causing profound negative impacts on planetary health. Achieving greater sustainability for human and planetary health demands that the health sector assumes a greater leadership role in addressing social inequalities. This requires equipping health and social care workers to better understand how the social determinants of health impact patients and communities. Integration of the social determinants of health into education and training will prepare the workforce to adjust clinical practice, define appropriate public health programmes and leverage cross-sector policies and mechanisms being put in place to address climate change. Educators should guide health and social workforce learners using competency-based approaches to explore critical pathways of social determinants of health, and what measurements and interventions may apply according to the structural and intermediary determinants of health and health equity. Key institutional and instructional reforms by decision-makers are also needed to ensure that the progressive integration and strengthening of education and training on the social determinants of health is delivered equitably, including by ensuring the leadership and participation of marginalized and minority groups. Training on the social determinants of health should apply broadly to three categories of health and social workforce learners, namely, those acting on global or national policies; those working in districts and communities; and those providing clinical services to individual families and patients.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityNicole Valentine, Onyema Ajuebor, Julian Fisher, Patrick Bodenmann, Fran Baum, and Kumanan Rasanathan
dc.identifier.citationHealth Promotion International, 2022; 37(3):daac086-1-daac086-7
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/heapro/daac086
dc.identifier.issn0957-4824
dc.identifier.issn1460-2245
dc.identifier.orcidBaum, F. [0000-0002-2294-1368]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/146050
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac086
dc.subjectsocial determinants of health; health workforce education; climate change; planetary health.
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshSocial Determinants of Health
dc.subject.meshHealth Equity
dc.subject.meshWorkforce
dc.subject.meshHealth Workforce
dc.titlePlanetary health benefits from strengthening health workforce education on the social determinants of health.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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