Which are recommendations made by the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)? (Select all that apply.)
A) Improve conditions under which all people are born, grow, live, work, and age
B) Provide increased funding for research of genetic disorders
C) Ensure more equitable distribution of power, money, and resources
D) Instill a sense of personal responsibility for one's health in each person
E) Expand knowledge of the social determinants of health
Ans: A, C, E
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The three overall recommendations of the CSDH are to: (1) improve the conditions under which all people are born, grow, live, work, and age to minimum standards; (2) ensure more equitable distribution of power, money, and resources; and (3) expand knowledge of the social determinants of health and establish a system to measure and monitor health inequity. Recommendations did not include providing increased funding for research of genetic disorders or instilling a sense of personal responsibility for one's health in each person.
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