Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Accelerating the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB. External Consultation December 9-10, 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting Report

摘要

The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) has established three programmatic priorities based on shared leadership values across the Center's five Divisions: maximizing global synergies, encouraging program collaboration and service integration, and reducing health disparities. Since the establishment of the original national center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), reducing health disparities has been a focus of the Center's work and a commitment of its leadership. The Center understands the need to develop a comprehensive approach to addressing health disparities, one that takes into account not only individual level factors, but importantly, structural, contextual, socioeconomic status (SES), healthcare service access and quality, and environmental factors. Together these factors are called social determinants of health (SDH).