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SDOH (Living Conditions) and <strong>Health</strong><br />

<strong>Social</strong> determinants can affect health in a<br />

number <strong>of</strong> ways:<br />

• SDOH provides the prerequisites for health, such<br />

as shelter, food, warmth, and the ability to<br />

participate in society;<br />

• SDOH can cause stress and anxiety which can<br />

damage people’s health;<br />

• SDOH limit peoples’ choices and militates<br />

against desirable changes in behaviour.<br />

- Benzeval, Judge, & Whitehead, 1995, p.xxi, Tackling<br />

Inequalities in <strong>Health</strong>: An Agenda for Action.

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