DESCRIPTION
This webinar provides learners with an understanding of current challenges faced by individuals and entire communities in their pursuit of better health. Speakers will engage in discussion on the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, along with the wider set of forces and systems that drive people's health behaviors through lecture and case-based learning. This webinar will highlight chiropractors' role and responsibility in understanding social determinants of health and provide them with tangible opportunities to begin addressing these in their clinical setting.
Learning objectives:
• Define social determinants of health
• Identify domains of social determinants of health that contribute to health disparities and undesirable health outcomes
• Recognize the chiropractor’s role in detecting and addressing social determinants of health
• Utilize effective communication strategies to elucidate and discuss social drivers of health with patients
• Identify strategies for chiropractors in clinical practice to address social needs
• Demonstrate improved awareness of SDoH interventions