Social Determinants of Health, Structural Racism, and the Impact on Child and Adolescent Mental Health

In recent years, there has been a greater emphasis on examining the factors, particularly the social factors, that affect health outcomes and contribute to population health inequities. The social determinants of health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), are “the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and develop, and the wider set of forces, including economic policies, social norms, and political systems, that shape the conditions of daily life and impact health outcomes.”1 The social determinants of mental health (SDoMH) are simil ar, but include the added societal stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Best of Connect Source Type: research