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The social determinants of health. The social determinants of health are defined as “the conditions and environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age” and comprise up to 75% of the risk factors that impact health over the course of a person’s lifetime. From US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [15].
