The Commission on Social Determinants of Health

1. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health Dr Sharon FrielPrincipal Research Fellow, University College London & Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National UniversityIreland, 12-13th January 2009

2. Dramatic inequities dominate global health today

3. Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy, 2000 data

4. A social gradient in health exists within countries

5. All Ireland Health Inequalities Balanda and Wilde, Institute of Public Health, Ireland 2001

6. Age standardised all cause mortality, 15-64 years 1999-2003, England and Wales Romeri et al, 2006

7. Under 5 mortality rates, select countries, by household wealth Under 5 mortality per 1000 Victora et al, 2003

8. Commissioners Knowledge networks Country partners Civil society Global institutions WHO integration Producing policy and institutional change Building policy interest, communities of practice Building knowledge and leadership March 2005 – August 2008

9. Health equity as a development outcome The development of society can be judged by: • the quality of its populations’ health • the fairness in distribution of health, and • the degree of protection provided from disadvantage due to ill-health Marmot 2006 Harveian Oration

10. Environment Education Aid Migration Globalisation Early Child Development Ageing Women & Gender Equity Social Exclusion Rural Settings Knowledge Networks PPHC Mental Health Urban Settings Alcohol Employment Conditions Health Systems Conflict Measurement & Evidence Medical Education Violence Food & Nutrition Indigenous Peoples Psychosocial CSDH Thematic Areas

11. www.who.int/social_determinants

12. “This ends the debate decisively. Health care is an important determinant of health. Lifestyles are important determinants of health. But it is factors in the social environment that determine access to health services and influence lifestyle choices in the first place.” Dr Margaret Chan, the DG of the WHO, at the launch of the CSDH Final Report in Geneva 28th August 2008 Photo: WHO/Chris Black

13. Structural determinants the unequal distribution in power, money, goods and services, globally, nationally and locally Conditions of daily life The consequent unfairness in the immediate circumstances in people’s lives - access to schools, education, health care, conditions of work and leisure, their homes, communities, towns or cities The Social Determinants of Health The poor health of the poor, the social gradient in health within countries and the marked inequities between countries are caused by: Commission on Social Determinants of Health, 2008

14. CSDH three overarching recommendations: • Improve daily living conditions • Tackle the unequal distribution of power, money and resources • Measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action

15. Early Life Over 200 million children under 5 are not reaching their developmental potential Grantham-McGregor et al. Lancet 2007

16. Effects of nutritional supplementation and psychosocial stimulation on stunted children in a 2 year study, Jamaica Granthan-McGregor et al 1991

17. Urban health challenges • Communicable and non-communicable diseases • HIV/AIDS • Road traffic injuries • Urban violence and crime • Substance abuse and illicit drug use • Underweight and overweight KNUS report 2007

18. Employment and Working Conditions

19. Regional variation in the percentage of people in work living on US$2/dayor less ILO, 2008

20. Cost of a Standard Healthy Living Basket as a percentage of Weekly Household Income, 2005 Friel et al, 2005. Standard of healthy living on the Island of Ireland. FSPB

21. Precarious employment and mental health Artazcoz et al, 2005

22. Economic and social policies matter for health and health equity

23. Health Care Every year, 100 million people are forced into poverty by health care costs (ILO 2005).

24. Policy Challenge • Reorientation of health care • Primary health care • Disease prevention • Health promotion • Progressive building of universal health care services organised around PHC

25. 2. Tackle the unequal distribution of power, money and resources “in a world that is so divided by inequalities in wealth and opportunity, it is easy to forget that we are part of one humanity” Desmond Tutu in HDR, 2007.

26. Policy Challenges Good Global Governance Political empowerment – inclusion and voice Health Equity in all Policies, Systems and Programmes Gender Equity Fair Financing Market Responsibility

27. Overseas development assistance from donor countries relative to per capita wealth, 1961-2002 Health Care EMERGING KEY ISSUES

28. Family policy generosity and child poverty Lundberg et al, 2007

29. Power and Governance Participatory Processes HEiPSP Health equity at the table

30. Aboriginal Youth Suicide by Cultural Factors Present Cultural Factors: • Self-government • Land claim participation • Health services • Education • Cultural facilities • Police/fire services Chandler & Lalonde, 1998

31. Claire Delperdange 3. Measure, evaluate, expand the knowledge base, improve skills and raise awareness No data, no problem, no action

32. Monitoring and Evaluation Life expectancy at birth (men) The power of data • Stratified data • Measures of health inequity • Surveillance system • Different types of data / knowledge

33. Monitoring and Evaluation Knowing the impact on health equity • Tools to assess the impact of policy and programmes

34. Improved human capacity • Training needs • medical, other health and non-health curricula • workforce competencies • Funding for evidence generation • Push-pull factors: underlying determinants • Public awareness and concern

35. Sustaining Action • Launch Final Report August 08 • Regional Committee meetings 08 • International Conference 08 • National and regional commissions 08- • World Health Assembly 09 Building a Global Movement for Action on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

36. Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death… www.who.int/social_determinants