Specific objectives:

Let us start this Introductory Module with the first unit.

Become familiar with the rationale of the social determinants of health (SDH) and their potential for designing public policies, taking WHO and PAHO work proposals into consideration.
Identify the principles of social justice, health equity, human rights and their relationship as key values for SDH interventions.
Identify structural and intermediary mechanisms underlying health inequities in population groups and territories, as a basis for public policy actions.
Recognize the need for a comprehensive, intersectoral and participatory approach towards understanding and taking actions on SDH.

Topics to be dealt with in this Unit:

Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health approach.
Equity, social justice, and human rights in health. Relationship between them.
Approaches for disclosing health inequities across population groups and territories.
Mechanisms that cause the persistence of inequity, to deal with social determinants of health.
An integrated, intersectoral and participatory approach to SDH