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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Health Status > Social Determinants of Health
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Health Status > Social Determinants of Health
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Health Status > Social Determinants of Health
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Health Status > Social Determinants of Health

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Social Determinants of Health  

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  • The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics (http://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/).

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