I'd like to see a lot more input from sociologists on the Determinants
(as in the article referred to before, from 2003, which was excellent),
and I think it would be great to give more emphasis to the importance of
narrative. To be able to extract the important themes from a person's
view of reality is very valuable in establishing their social
relationships and what is important to them. A narrative that draws its
structure from the determinants would show what is truly important to
people, not what a textbook assumes is important. I applaud your
efforts. The determinants should be basic to any social science
curriculum.
As an aside: in graduate school, I met another student, an
anthropologist who was looking at people's drawings of their
surroundings, to discover what was important to them in their everyday
lives. I found that fascinating.
Anyway, on the topic at hand:
I think that we, as a group particularly concerned with the
determinants, share a common understanding of the meaning of 'social',
with some slight variations. I would attribute that to the passion with
which each of us carries forward the ideas we discuss here. I think what
truly matters is a commonality of purpose, and the importance we place
on the desired outcome, no matter the intellectual or experiential hoops
we jump through to get there.
If I've wandered from the topic, I apologize. Just thinking out loud.
so to speak.:)

David Mercer

David F. Mercer
Research and Statistical Officer III
Performance Measurement and Health Informatics
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Phone: (902) 424-2911
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What a great discussion!

As a prof in social work, I'm appalled to see so many social workers
out there NOT trained in the determinants of health. Writing social
histories should be simple (e.g., write about the 12 basic
determinants
of health according to Health Canada) but instead we tend to focus on
other less relevant things (e.g., "he comes from a family of 3 sisters
and 2 brothers and they have 3 cats").  Hm....

Curriculum needs to include pop health from 1st year on. I'm
definitely
integrating a module on pop health in my first year social work class
this year.

Regards,
Daniel

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