Final reports and additional documents of the Knowledge Networks
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)
“…To supports countries and global health partners to address the social factors leading to ill health and inequities. It draws the attention of society to the social determinants of health that are known to be among the worst causes of poor health and inequalities between and within countries….”
Reports submitted to the Commission as well as additional documents prepared by them:
Early Child Development
Well established evidence illustrates that opportunities provided to young children are crucial in shaping lifelong health and development status.
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Final report of the Early Child Development Knowledge Network
pdf, 7.63Mb - Evidence Report: Total Environment Assessment Model for Early Child Development [pdf]
Globalisation
The scope is to examine how globalization’s dynamics and processes affect health outcomes: trade liberalization, integration of production of goods.
Health Systems
The focus will be on innovative approaches that effectively incorporate action on social determinants of health.
Urban Settings
The focus will be on urbanizations, particularly broad policy interventions related to healthy urbanization, and will closely examine slum upgrading.
Employment Conditions
It will help to develop measures to clarify how different types of jobs, threat of unemployment affect workers’ health.
Women and Gender Equity
The focus is on mechanisms, processes and actions that can be taken to reduce gender-based inequities in health by examining different areas.
Measurement and Evidence
The focus is on leading the development of methodologies and tools for measuring the causes, pathways and health outcomes of policy interventions
Social Exclusion Knowledge Network
It will examine the relational processes that lead to the exclusion of particular groups of people from engaging fully in community, social life.
Priority Public Health Conditions Knowledge Network
It will review factors in the design and implementation of programs that increase access to health care for socially and economically disadvantaged groups.