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2 The Relationship Between Education and Health
2 The Relationship Between Education and Health
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These include health care and public health (which, he noted, account for only 10–20 percent of health outcomes) ; individual behaviors; the physical and social environment; social and economic factors (including education)
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NOTE: This list is the rapporteur's summary of the main points made by the individ ual speaker and does not reflect any consensus among workshop participants or endorsement by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. FIGURE 2-1 Factors that affect health outcomes in the United States.
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Factors outside of the health care system contribute to the differences in health outcomes by educational attainment. Tremendous amounts of money are dedicated to health care in the United States, he said, but the importance of the social determinants of health, including education, is not always fully appreciated.
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As with the education–health gradient, higher levels of income are associated with better health across a wide range of both physical and mental health outcomes (Schiller et al., 2012)
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. Place -- the conditions in communities where people live -- can also shape both health outcomes and educational outcomes.
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As examples, he mentioned the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model3 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed and the Together for Healthy and Successful Schools Initiative being undertaken by Washington University in St. Louis.4 DISCUSSION Strength and Appreciation of the Data Moderator Sharfstein asked about the extent to which the data on the importance of education for health are appreciated by health care leaders.
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in social services, education, and other factors that improve health. From a policy perspective, Woolf said, the United States needs to shift its priorities as a way not only to improve health outcomes but also to strengthen its economic competitiveness with these other countries.
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Investments are needed to address the gaps in education that often exist to a greater degree in marginalized populations, both to improve health outcomes and to end the negative economic cycle that has historically trapped these communities in a state of persistent disadvantage. Higher Education Sanne Magnan of the HealthPartners Research Institute asked whether young people are still being encouraged to pursue higher education the way they were after World War II and whether, given the expense of a college education, there should be more investment in craft, trade, and vocational education.
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