What are social determinants of health? Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease. Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Give an example of the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain.

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The social determinants of health refer to the living, birth, growing, working and age conditions of different people. The conditions are determined by the unequal distribution of factors such as finances, power, and resources. According to Thornton, Glover, Cené, Glik,  Henderson & Williams (2016), these determinants cause health inequalities, which is the unfair differences in health…

 

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