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Social determinants of health

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Social determinants of health

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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NICE Guideline NG214 - Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness

Social factors and wider determinants that influence health and wellbeing. These include circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, and the social and economic policies and systems, political agendas, social norms, environmental factors and other wider forces.

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