Health inequalities and the social determinants of health - CHEX
CHEX (Community Health Exchange) are part of SCDC and work with community-led health organisations, Local Authorities, the NHS and Scottish Government to promote community-led health as a way to tackle Scotland’s persistent health inequalities.
This website resource provides an overview of the social determinants of health, which are all the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. It then discusses how they relate to and affect health inequalities and outlines the two key measures we use when we talk about health inequalities; life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
CHEX has a range of online resources on health inequalities and community development approaches to health, as well as examples, commentary and information on different community health topics.