Sleep as a Determinant of Health
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Social determinates of health are factors that are not medical in nature, that can and do influence a person's health. These factors can include things such as:
- Economic stability
- Physical Environment
- Education
- Food
- Health care system
- Social context
These factors can influence health outcomes such as:
- Life expectancy
- Healthcare expenditures
- Health status
- Functional limitations
Sleep as a determinant of health[edit | edit source]
There is some evidence that determinants account for around 17-20% of people not getting enough good quality sleep[1]. There is a conflict of information on the belief that the population of a lower socioeconomic status experience worse sleep than individual of a higher status. There are different components that are related to the social determinants of health that can contribute.
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- ↑ Grandner, M. A., Jackson, N. J., Izci-Balserak, B., Gallagher, R. A., Murray-Bachmann, R., Williams, N. J., Patel, N. P., & Jean-Louis, G. (2015). Social and Behavioral Determinants of Perceived Insufficient Sleep. Frontiers in neurology, 6, 112. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2015.00112
