Describe the meaning of social determinants of health andthe significance of social factors on individual and population health.

Social Determinants of Healthand the Role of Law inOptimizing Health

LEARNING OBJECTIVES.By the end of this chapter you will be able to:Describe the meaning of social determinants of health andthe significance of social factors on individual and population health.Describe how law can create or perpetuate health-harming social conditions.Explain how law can be used to ameliorate health-harming social conditions.Understand how innovative interventions to improve health,such as medical-legal partnership, can help address health-harming social conditions at the individual and population levels