Students’ understanding of social determinants of health in a community-based curriculum: a general inductive approach for qualitative data analysis

Table 1 Examples of SDH-related experiences reported in the SDH worksheet

	Examples of SDH-related experiences reported
The social gradient	Underpopulated area, lack of medical institutions, difficulty in getting a stable job due to illness
Stress	Illness, illness in a family member, relationship with the family (good or bad), lack of hobbies, loneliness, moving
Early life	Education, parents’ divorce, parents’ anxiety about parenting
Social exclusion	Poverty, medical expenses, exclusion due to illness, being a social welfare recipient or pensioner
Work	Stress or bullying at work, manual labor, shift work
Unemployment	Unemployed due to illness, unemployment due to earthquake
Social support	Relationships with family, friends, community, or nursing staff, long-term care services
Addiction	Alcohol, smoking, gambling
Food	Dependence on instant foods and convenience store meals, eating salty foods, growing fresh vegetables, cannot go shopping on their own
Transportation	Returned the driver’s license, no driver’s license, lack of public transportation, dependence on others for transportation

Legends: Students reported underpopulated area and lack of medical institution as the social gradient, patient or family’s illness as stress, relationship with family and community as social support, and lack of transportation as transportation issues related to SDH. Abbreviations: SDH social determinants of health

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