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What are social determinants of health?

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.

SDOH can be grouped into 5 domains:

Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a major impact on people’s health, well-being, and quality of life. Examples of SDOH include:

  • Safe housing, transportation, and neighborhoods
  • Racism, discrimination, and violence
  • Education, job opportunities, and income
  • Access to nutritious foods and physical activity opportunities
  • Polluted air and water
  • Language and literacy skills

SDOH also contribute to wide health disparities and inequities. For example, people who don't have access to grocery stores with healthy foods are less likely to have good nutrition. That raises their risk of health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and obesity — and even lowers life expectancy relative to people who do have access to healthy foods.

Just promoting healthy choices won't eliminate these and other health disparities. Instead, public health organizations and their partners in sectors like education, transportation, and housing need to take action to improve the conditions in people's environments. 

That's why Healthy People 2030 has an increased and overarching focus on SDOH.

How Does Healthy People 2030 Address SDOH?

One of Healthy People 2030’s 5 overarching goals is specifically related to SDOH: “Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining the full potential for health and well-being for all.”

In line with this goal, Healthy People 2030 features many objectives related to SDOH. These objectives highlight the importance of "upstream" factors — usually unrelated to health care delivery — in improving health and reducing health disparities.

More than a dozen workgroups made up of subject matter experts with different backgrounds and areas of expertise developed these objectives. One of these groups, the Social Determinants of Health Workgroup, focuses solely on SDOH.

Social determinants of health affect nearly everyone in one way or another. Our literature summaries provide a snapshot of the latest research related to specific SDOH.

Read SDOH literature summaries

Learn About Other Efforts to Address SDOH

Across the United States, people and organizations at the local, state, territorial, tribal, and national level are working hard to improve health and reduce health disparities by addressing SDOH.

Check out what our partners are doing

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The European Union

The European Union is a group of 27 countries in Europe.
These countries came together
to make things better, easier and safer for people.
They agreed to work together and help each other.

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How the European Union started

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The idea to make the European Union came
after two big wars happened in Europe.
Countries in Europe saw that
it is better to work together
than fighting against each other.

In the beginning, only 6 countries in Europe started working together:

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands

Soon, more and more countries in Europe joined them
and the European Union was made.

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Today, 27 countries are part of the European Union.
These countries are:

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden

In June 2016 the United Kingdom decided
to stop being part of the European Union.
So from 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom
is no longer part of the European Union.

The goals and values of the European Union

All countries that are part of the European Union work together
to make sure that:

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  • there is peace in Europe
  • people have good lives
  • things are fair for all people and nobody is left out
  • the languages and cultures of all people
    are respected
  • there is a strong European economy
    and countries use the same coin
    to do business together.

The countries of the European Union
share some important values.
For example, they work to make sure that all people are equal
and their rights are respected.

Peace in Europe

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After the European Union was created,
there were no more wars between the countries
that are part of the European Union.
Thanks to the European Union,
all countries in Europe work together in peace.

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In 2012, the European Union won a big award
which is called ‘the Nobel Peace Prize’.
This award was given to the European Union
for its good work keeping peace in Europe.

Free move

The European Union made it easier for people
to move freely from one country to another.
They can live, study or work
in any country of the European Union they want.
For example, a person from France can choose
to move to Italy and work there.
Or a student from Belgium can go study in a university in Greece.

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Things, services and money can also move freely
from one country of the European Union to another.

The European Union in the world

The European Union plays an important role in the world in many ways.
For example:

  • It sells many things and services to other countries.
    Also, it buys things from other countries.
    This way it helps the world economy keep going.
  • It helps millions of people
    who live in poorer countries outside the European Union.
  • It tries to make the world a safer place
    where people are treated fairly and laws are respected.

Becoming part of the European Union

To become part of the European Union,
a country must:

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  • agree with all the laws and values
    of the European Union.
  • work to make sure these laws and values
    are respected.

This may take a very long time to happen.

Some countries are now working to become part of the European Union.
These countries are:

  • Albania
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia
  • North Macedonia
  • Turkey

To become part of the European Union,
these countries must work
to make all laws and values of the European Union
happen in them.

The Schengen Area

The European Union made the ‘Schengen Area’.

The Schengen Area is an area without borders.
In this area, people can travel from country to country freely and easily.
They do not have to go through checks and controls
when they pass from one country to another.

Thanks to the Schengen Area, it is now easier for people
to travel for work or tourism.

The Schengen Area was made in 1985.
Today 22 out of the 27 countries of the European Union
are part of the Schengen Area.

These countries are:

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden

Also, 4 countries outside the European Union
are part of the Schengen Area:

  • Iceland
  • Liechtenstein
  • Norway
  • Switzerland

That means that people can travel freely and easily
from one of these countries to another.
This way it is easier for people to visit any of these countries
for tourism or for work.

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Languages of the European Union

In every country of the European Union
people speak their own language.
The European Union protects the right of people
to communicate in their own language.

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That is why the European Union
makes all important information and documents
in all the languages that people speak in its countries:

  • Bulgarian
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Maltese
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish

This way all people in the European Union
can get important information in their own language
and understand it.

The coin of the European Union

Most countries that are part of the European Union use the same coin.

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This coin is called ‘Euro’.
Using the same coin helps countries
in the European Union to do business together.
For example, people from Spain
can buy things they want from Belgium
easily and without extra costs.
Using the same coin
makes it easier for people to travel,
buy things online from other countries
and have more options.

Today, 19 out of 27 European Union countries use the euro.

These countries are:

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain

The European flag

This is the flag of the European Union:

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The flag of the European Union is blue
and has a circle of gold stars on it.
It is a symbol that shows that the countries of the European Union
are united and stand by each other.

The European anthem

Every country has a melody
that better shows its values and culture as a country.
This melody is called ‘anthem’.

The European Union has its own anthem too.
In 1985, people who make decisions
in the European Union
chose a melody of a very important composer
to be the anthem of the European Union.

This composer is called Ludwig van Beethoven.

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The melody shows how important it is
that all people are free, live in peace
and stand by each other.
The European Union believes in these values
and that is why it has chosen this melody
to be its anthem.

If you want to listen to the anthem of the European Union, click here.

United in diversity

The European Union uses the phrase ‘united in diversity
to show what its values are.

Being united in diversity means that:

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  • people in the European Union
    may have different cultures or languages
    but they stand by each other
    and work together in peace.
  • there is nothing wrong
    about having different languages or cultures.
    On the contrary.
    People with different cultures
    can learn more things from each other and work well together.

How the European Union works

The European Union has 3 main bodies:

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  • the European Commission
    The people of the European Commission
    suggest laws for the European Union.

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  • the European Parliament
    The people of the European Parliament
    are elected by all people in Europe
    to stand for their rights.

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  • the Council of the European Union
    People who make decisions
    in every country of the European Union
    come together and make
    the Council of the European Union.

These 3 bodies are very important for the European Union.
They work closely together to make things better in Europe:

  • The European Commission suggests laws.
  • The European Parliament
    and the Council of the European Union
    discuss these laws and decide if they want these laws
    to happen in Europe.
  • If they decide that a law must happen in Europe,
    all countries of the European Union
    must work to make this law happen in them.

Other bodies that are important for the European Union are:

  • The Court of Justice of the European Union
    that makes sure that all laws happen correctly
    in the European Union.
  • the Court of Auditors
    that checks if the money of the European Union
    is spent in the right way.

There are also other bodies of the European Union
that are doing important work.
For example, there are bodies that:

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  • check if the European Union works in the right
    way and respects the rights of all people.
  • publish useful information
    about the European Union.
  • choose the people who have the skills
    to work for the European Union.
  • stand for the rights of all people in Europe
    like people with disabilities, workers and others.

All these bodies work together to make sure that the European Union works
in the right way for the good of its people.

More information

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Click here to find more information
about the European Union in your own language.

If you have questions about the European Union,
you can fill this online form here.

Which of the following is an advantage of using a credit card quizlet?

One advantage of using a credit card is that you receive a list of your purchases, which enables you to keep track of your spending. Advantages of using credit include the ability to make purchases without cash and the convenience of not carrying checks.

What is a check quizlet?

Check. A written order to the bank that tells it to take a stated amount of money from your account and pay to another. Checkbook.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using credit quizlet?

A disadvantage to credit cards is that there is no way to keep track of individual expenditures. Advantages of using credit include the ability to make purchases when cash inflow is low and the convenience of not carrying cash or checks.

What are checks that are drawn up by a bank against funds money that are deposited in its account at another bank?

Cashier's checks are drawn against the bank's funds rather than a person's account and can offer more security and protection against check fraud.