Social Determinants of Risk and Outcomes for Cardiovascular

Running head: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
Social Determinants and Cardiovascular Health
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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH1
Executive summary
This report identifies and sheds light on the growing burden of cardiovascular diseases
among the low socioeconomic strata of the Australian Population. It focuses on the various
social determinants that are prevailing in Australia, which majorly influence the development
and susceptibility of heart ailments, for the underprivileged and poverty trodden
communities. A strategic intervention is crucial to mitigate the adverse effects of the
incidence of heart diseases, to address the health inequities and bring forth a public health
plan specifically designed for this purpose. The essential components of such a program
require the implementation of a few crucial factors that will promote and ensure nationwide
health security. Therefore, it can be deduced that by addressing the primary areas of concern,
through necessary health interventions, the prevalence and growth of heart diseases in the low
socioeconomic group can be effectively monitored and thereby, reduced.

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH2
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
Social determinants of Heart disease for Low Socio-economic group......................................3
Burden of Heart disease within low Socio-economic group..................................................3
 Prevalence rates of CVD in Australian Population.....................................................4
 Mortality rates of CVD in Australian Population........................................................5
Role of the social determinants of health in the burden of heart disease in low socio-
economic group......................................................................................................................6
Interventions to prevent Heart disease for low socioeconomic group.......................................8
Proposed intervention:.........................................................................................................10
Use of education sector in the intervention:.........................................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12
References................................................................................................................................14

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH3
INTRODUCTION
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is considered to be the primary cause of deaths every
year, globally. World Health Organization reported an estimated 17.9 million deaths, because
of Cardiac ailments, which accounted for 31% of overall deaths worldwide, thereby making it
a serious public health concern. The cardiovascular diseases are attributed by a series of risk,
including the socio-economic causes. Moreover, the upsurge of Cardiovascular disorders has
been sporadic in the Australian scenario as well. Therefore, this study will focus on the
various socioeconomic factors or more specifically, the social indicators related to the
incidences of cardiac disorders in the low socio-economic group of the Australian Population.
Besides, the concept of an evaluative and effective intervention to address one of the
dominant social determinant responsible for the onset of this disease will also be discussed in
this paper.
Social determinants of Heart disease for Low Socio-economic group
The onset and outbreak of CVD have been enormous, leading to increased instances
morbidity, across the vulnerable sections of the Australian Population.
Prevalence rates of CVD in the Australian Population
The Health surveys (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020) stated that in
2014-15, approximately 4.2 million Australian adults, which accounts to near about 18.3%,
suffered from the disease of the circulatory system. Summatively, CVD contributed to
Australia’s total burden of disease, which accounted for 14% approximately.
Moreover, in 2017-2018, the prevalence rates of the disease were substantially high in
the underprivileged areas, compared with that of the advanced localities, which were 6.4%
and 4.8% respectively (The Department of Health, 2016). It also implied that the proportion