Health Equity

Web of Causation - Definition

"In epidemiology and public health, a popular metaphor for the theory of sequential and linked multiple causes of diseases and other health states (Multiple Cause Theory). The term appears in several monographs on epidemiology published in the early 1960s,⁴⁰⁶ and was probably first published in 1959 by Dawber et al.⁷¹⁹ and in 1960 by Brian MacMahon (1923–2007) et al.⁷⁸⁹ 

Porta, M. (2014). Web of Causation. In A Dictionary of Epidemiology. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 Nov. 2023, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199976720.001.0001/acref-9780199976720-e-1966.

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Structural Violence Theory - Definition

"Structural violence is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. The term was coined by Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, who introduced it in his 1969 article 'Violence, Peace, and Peace Research'".  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_violence#cite_note-1)

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Syndemic Theory - Definition

". . .this concept moves beyond common medical conceptualisations of comorbidity and multimorbidity—when diseases simply occur in tandem—because it both concerns the consequences of disease interaction and the social, environmental, or economic factors that cluster with the diseases and shape their interaction . . . ." (Singer  M, Bulled  N, Ostrach  B, Mendenhall  E.  Syndemics and the biosocial conception of health.   Lancet. 2017;389(10072):941-950. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30003-X)

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