Social Determinants Of Health (SDOH)

Social Determinants of Health The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) constitute the framework that impacts an individual’s emotional, spiritual, mental and physical health. Rather than genetics or lifestyle choices, the environmental, social and structural factors in which we work and live determine our quality of health. All the social determinants of health have colossal impacts on an individual’s vulnerability, hardiness and resilience. The World Health Organization (2017) identifies factors and SDOH that increase risk for enactment along with probability of experiencing potential violence such as child maltreatment, low education, alcohol misuse, insolences of race, culture and gender. Abusive relationships place individuals

The household an individual is brought up in has an immeasurable impact on these traits. Early childhood development can influence an individual positively or negatively. Being brought up in a loving and supportive home can help one develop caring roots, where hardiness and resilience are imparted and encouraged in certain situations. However being in a home where the family is too accommodating, and the child becomes demanding, expectant and presumptuous may taper their hardy and resilient abilities, as they have never been able to utilize them. The influence parents have on a child is incredible, growing up in a broken, abusive violent home causes the many side effects of trauma, leading to the possible capitulation to the overwhelming pain, a decreased will to fight back leading to increased vulnerability and diminished hardiness and resilience. However, being in traumatic homesteads can also over instil hardiness and resilience, but also decrease their vulnerable capacity as they were forced to be exceedingly strong and durable at very young

She struggled with depression and anxiety, she was afraid to be around male figures, she was diagnosed with PTSD and had issues with her self-esteem, confidence and body image. She talked about how her past relationship has made her fear to ever love again. Although she described many negative effects she also talked about how her outlook on life was transformed. She was appreciative to be alive and to have her son. She began finding more reasons to smile, although still suffering from mental and emotional trauma she knew this was a new beginning for her