Social Determinants in Data and Pictures: Lesson Plan
2018
This lesson plan is the second of four lessons in a teaching pack on the social determinants of health developed by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University. “Social determinants of health” (SDH) are the social factors external to an individual that may not seem directly relevant to health, but that ultimately shape the conditions in which people live, work, and grow in ways that can both promote well-being and confer disease risk. This lesson compares living conditions across a variety of populations through the use “Dollar Street,” an interactive website that features photographs of real people across the world and their household possessions, as well as data from the International Human Development Indicators. Students then relate this glimpse into ordinary people’s lives to national-level data on health and social determinants. Other companion components in the teaching pack include an instructor’s note, teaching guide, three additional lesson plans, an annotated bibliography, and a glossary of terms. Each lesson may be taught as a standalone unit or together as a four-lesson module.
Social Determinants in Data and Pictures: Lesson Plan
Source:
Social Determinants in Data and Pictures: Lesson Plan. Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University 2018. http://repository.gheli.harvard.edu/repository/12240.